I love wolves in states such as alaska, montana and the such but washington is not those states. We are run by pugetopolis and reading this discussion goes to show why we should not have re-introduced wolves to this state.

We do not live in a Utopia. We have taken up the wintering grounds with our cities and boxed in pray species into smaller and smaller areas. They stand no chance against wolves in the small areas we have put them. A pack will sit on them and exterminate individual herds.

Individual moose will get it first in the northeast corner and numbers are falling already followed by the elk as they move heavily into the cascades. And our seattle coffee drinkers will never let them be managed without years of court room battles that the WDFW will not have the stomach for.

Wolves are great but they must be managed as all species and this state is not idaho or alaska or montana. We are washington(controlled by seattle) and that is trouble.