How in the hell is that possible? A wolf howl and coyote yelp sound nothing alike, and I’ve heard both many times in the woods.
You have been out in the woods, most people who want to "bring back the cute and cuddly wolfees" have not. They can not tell the difference between a wolf and a husky either.
There was a school that went on lock down recently because of a "mountain lion" that turned out to be a slightly larger than normal house cat. Not even a Maine Coon sized cat either.