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Wolves have always been BIG. How else could they bring down the elk and buffalo that sustained their lives?

Wrong.

My ancestors are homesteaders in Montana and I can tell you for a fact, the wolf that roamed the West was no bigger then about 50 lbs average.

Whereas the Canadian gray they brought down in 95 & 96 normally get about 100 to 180 lbs on a regular basis regardless of what the pro-wolf crowd claims.

Oh, by the way, I also have 1/8 Blackfoot in my ancestry, and I have had legends and stories handed down to me from the Nez Peirce who are supposed to be the caretakers of the Wolf program in Idaho.
If you look at the devastation in Idaho's Lolo Elk Management zone 10 & 12, you will find that my native brothers are doing a very poor job of what the white man's government is paying them for.

Here are just a few of the hundreds of carcasses laying around that the wolves killed for sport, but never intend on eating.

This bull elk was found killed but not eaten 30 miles outside of Libby, Montana in the Winter of 2008.

The photo on the left shows blood where a wolf landed that the bull elk hooked by the horns and threw in his struggle to survive. The body print of the wolf in the snow is evident. The photo to the right gives you an idea of how big one of the wolves were by the size of his paw compared to the man's hand. There are plenty reports of 180 lb wolves roaming in Idaho like the one Brett Pitcher of Coeur d'Alene shot in the St Joe area this past winter.

The remaining photos are all from Idaho's
Lolo Elk Management Zone 10 & 12

This cow elk, from which the fetus had been torn, died in this man's arms.

Follow this link to see man, many more iomages of the destruction done to the elk herd in Idaho by the Canadian grays who kill just for fun.

Photographic Proof That Wolves Do Kill Without Eating Their Prey

From what I have read today, you are correct. The problem, as experts have stated, is that the wolves that were introduced to this country are not indigenous, but are from Canada. This is an interesting article that describes the issues:

http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/2010/03/10/panel-roundtable-canadian-gray-wolf-introduction-into-yellowstone/

"My ancestors are homesteaders in Montana and I can tell you for a fact, the wolf that roamed the West was no bigger then about 50 lbs average."

That's another thing addressed on the Save Our Elk website. The Timberwolf, which was prevalent in the Northern Rockies decades back, has been largely wiped out/driven off/displaced by the Canadian Gray Wolf itself.

The mental image that many wolf huggers have is of cute little Two Socks, from "Dances With Wolves", timidly snatching the piece of jerky from Lt. John Dunbar's hand. If it were a Canadian Gray Wolf, it would have taken Dunbar's arm off, ripped out his throat and broken his neck, then left him there to die a painful death.

Cute and cuddly "big dogs" they ain't. Canadian Gray Wolves are the serial killers of the animal kingdom.

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