Interesting.
When I was a little lad, I was fascinated and inspired by stories with wolves in them--notably including Peter and the Wolf. They seemed a powerful, intelligent, wonderful, way-cool animal. I drew pictures of them and read about them, and I was glad they could be found in the wild again in places where they had been extinct.
Today, as a grandfather of many children, while I'm glad we did not exterminate wolves, I do appreciate that farmers with livestock and fathers of small children have a point when they say that while wolves are magnificent in many ways, they have no desire to take them on as neighbors.
Tell that to French shepherds.
we have wolves in the area around the Carpathian mountains where I live - I’ve actually seen a couple while walking around.
A lot of people don’t like them as they are threatening to sheep etc. - and yes, that they are, however if we just keep more caution, there is a way to let them thrive alongside us
My wife’s nephew used to raise beautiful big dogs. Everyone in his town thought they were beautiful and friendly.
Then they found the dogs where HALF WOLF!
The city went into a panic till he got rid of them.