[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

I am not a liberal, and I'm not an environmentalist, however, I'd like to suggest one correction (flame away all)...It isn't that wolves frequent areas populated by humans, it's that humans frequent areas populated by wolves...i.e. wildlife.

Come on folks. If you would simply do a few minutes of research you will see that human fatalities in the United States due to wolves are zero. Wolves normally run the other way when encountering a human. They are extremely elusive at best.

These poor creatures, I tell you. They are our American Wilderness and would probably be extinct if they hadn't been placed on the endangered list.

[george76]

What about gators ?

Gators recently killed three Florida women in one week.

Another Florida woman shot a gator in her home...where her children sleep and play.

She was later served by a local deputy sheriff for "Hunting without a permit."

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"...normally run the other way when encountering a human. They are extremely elusive at best.

These poor creatures, I tell you.

They are our American Wilderness and would probably be extinct if they hadn't been placed on the endangered list."

[Old_Mil]

I am not a liberal, and I'm not an environmentalist, however, I'd like to suggest one correction (flame away all)...It isn't that wolves frequent areas populated by humans, it's that humans frequent areas populated by wolves...i.e. wildlife.

Mistake #1. This is our planet, and anyone who starts a discussion with a presumption that we are trespassing on "wolf territory" starts from a very wrong place indeed.

Come on folks. If you would simply do a few minutes of research you will see that human fatalities in the United States due to wolves are zero.

This isn't just an issue of human fatalities (although, the human fatalities due to cougars don't seem to bother people who think like you, either). This is a question of the effect these creatures have on other species that *deserve* our protection (ie dogs, farm animals, etc) because of special service rendered to our own. These poor creatures, I tell you. They are our American Wilderness and would probably be extinct if they hadn't been placed on the endangered list.

30 years ago when there were no wolves, the American wilderness did just fine. There are no more Sabre-tooth tigers, and the wilderness does just fine. Let wolves, cougers, etc go on the endangered species list. Humanity suffers nothing from the extinction of large predators.

[thinkthenpost]

They basically were EXTINCT and were vigorously sought to be eradicated by those were populated the West, anywhere in the West. Most of the complaints you are hearing about started after all the reintroduction plans, something most in the West did not want.

[Thombo2]

"I'm not a liberal...i'd like to suggest a correction...flame away."No flame,and i don't think your a liberal.I believe the article said wolves had been seen in populated areas.That's not good for people or wolves.Remember,wolves are formidable predators and very(!)opprotunistic.If they lose their fear of humans that could be a problem.Unfortunately wild animals(sometimes)forget the boundries and(like it or not)have to be dealt with.Remember the women killed by gators here in Fl?