Pleas save us both some time and tell me what you think the *right* answer is.
The stated reason is to save the aspens. Anyway, I am bored with this thread as it has seemed to die. And most of what I say seems to go over your head, so don't woorry about responding.
The recovery of wolves *is* bringing back some plant life that the overabundance of elk had decimated. That's true. So it may very well be beneficial to the Aspens.
And again, on the subject of killing for pleasure: I don't see any reason why people can't capture a trophy animal and take it out of the herd that way. There is no imperative to kill it. Killing seems to be the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth response of the anti-wolf/anti-predator crowd to most any problem.