Wolves again

I was looking at wolf information on the internet and I came across this map of wolf packs in Yellowstone. I think it is interesting to note that quite a few wolf packs live outside the borders of the park. The site also discusses the monitoring and control used by the government to ensure that wolves are not killing off livestock. However, after listening to Kay speak, I am not sure if I trust any data put out by the government. In Yellowstone’s official site it states that over 137 wolves were killed in the early 1900’s and by 1970 no wolves had been spotted, and this helps justify wolves needing to be reintroduced back into their native lands.
This site is very interesting and gives information on the soft release techniques Kay discussed in class.And even if reintroducing wolves was a bad thing, hey at least they are killing the elk. Maybe the aspens and willows will start to grow again.