I am a big supporter of pre-emptive action, sir; it comes from that most members of my family (but not me) were active in medicine, particularly preventative medicine.
But surely it is not the goal of Norway to eradicate, to totally eliminate, these wolves?
No it isn't.
I must admit that I haven't followed the wolf hunt story much at all.
To me it seems to be part of a conflict between the countryside and urbanites. People want the "big city" government to stay away from their affairs.
A lot of the prohunt sentiments are probably based on prejudice against wolfes.
But, so what? Killing one or two wolves hardly ranks up there with the issues of today.
In the same way as saving one or two of these wolves hardly will serve to change the course of animal evolution.
The angle that interests me most about the whole thing is the national sovereignty issues for Norway with regards to the EU and Sweden. And if crazy Swedish government officials along with PETA demonstrators are up in arms about the whole deal, somehow I become very stoic and relaxed :-)