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THAT is the misconception EVERYONE makes.
This article really makes me angry.
The wolves HAVE to eat livestock, because we've killed their wolf prey FOR SPORT and they are starving. So we blame them for trying to survive. Also, wolves do not kill for "The Thrill" of it.
The attacks in which an animal was not partially or completely eaten, were almost definitely NOT wolf attacks.
Cougars, grizzlies, coyotes, maybe.
But wolves are so much more complex. They do not hunt for "the thrill". It's just that simple.
They don't.
And nightdriver, there is absolutely no way that a wolf killed that boy. It may have found the boy dead, the result of a cougar attack, and been desperate enough to eat some.
There has NEVER been a case (in recorded history) of a healthy, purebred wolf, attacking and killing a human being.
NEVER.
Wolves are just always blamed.
And they are no more (in fact, much, much, much less) savage killers than humans.
They hunt to eat.
That's that.
We hunt for fun, for money, for sport, for god knows why else, but almost never purely for food.
I honestly think Wolves are more civilized than we.

"They do not hunt for "the thrill". It's just that simple."

You are either naive or prejuciced beyond reason, but at any rate, you're really not qualified to broach the subject.

I've watched them attack and tear up a couple of dozen sheep in Canada (where this non-native species is being imported from) and maybe eat one or two and leave the rest to suffer long lingering deaths.

Too big a hassle to take my rifle to Canada, but here in the states, any wolf I see better get ready to be punctured!

If you like, I'll send you their tails.