What's funny is that I have an old Shepherd/Collie mongrel that makes that same face but is the friendliest dog you'd ever want to meet. It amazes that somehow early man determined that some animals will work with you and other similar-looking ones will rip your throat out; must of taken a lot of trial and fatal error.
"We have enough damn trouble with the bears, the mountain lions and the coyotes," said Nick Theos, a Meeker area sheep rancher, former president of the Colorado Wool Growers Association and former state legislator.
"The sportsmen do. The ranchers do."
Sheep ranchers in Colorado already suffer 5 percent to 30 percent losses to coyotes, said Bonnie Kline, executive director of the Colorado Wool Growers Association.
"We feel strongly the Fish and Wildlife Service shouldn't be able to walk away from the financial responsibility of wolves," Kline said.
Ernie Etchart, a Montrose area sheep rancher, ..."Having another predator around - it's a bitter pill to swallow," ...
The Colorado Cattlemen's Association does not want to see wolves return to the state, Fankhauser said.