Via Wikipedia, I found a PBS/Nature production of the story.(for those who are interested)
Notice their feet? What I want to know is this:
Is there any drive by journalist who could stop and consider if aerial hunting of wolves is more humane than using steel traps on their legs?
Wolves are going to be hunted. It's that simple. And after being trapped by a steel trap, the wolf is still shot anyways. It's not like it's much of a secret that wolves aren't easy animals to hunt. As if it wasn't made obvious enough - that hunters resort to helicopters and steel traps in order to get the job done. The helicopter is by far the more expensive route, but it's the less painful one as well.
Yeah, I know they don't think outside of the box much.
The media is constantly on the attack. If we expect to beat them, we have to do the same.