At 03:58 PM 12/02/2000 -0800, you wrote:
....
>When the U.S. government decided to reintroduce wolves
>to Yellowstone in the early '90s, they called on Mech
>to lend his expertise to the project.
>
>
>Lynda Bryson (and 2 canis lupus familiaris)
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Hi Lynda,

        I recently talked to a friend who moved to Montana years back but
maintains a California based business. He said that he often sees wolves
and would like to shoot them when they are on his property but says he
can't. I know the wolf is a great predator but how much of threat can they
really be considering that their numbers are extremely low in comparison to
the late 1800's. Do you have any idea  what the current population is? I
was curious because what I see on Discovery shows a very sparse population.

Dave