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When an animal has no monetary value it usually becomes extinct. When wolves have decimated the herds of elk, deer, and antelope, then people will understand that the money for conservation resources came from hunters not tree huggers. There will not be enough herd animals to hunt and no licenses to sell, then no money for conservation. Ranchers and farmers will not be able to SSS fast enough to keep the wolf population in control and will eventually use poison or some other remedy to survive whether it is legal or not. Hunting leases have become part of the income on many farms and ranches. The wolf populations have already far exceeded what the Gov. biologists have dedided that the habitat can sustain in many states. In many areas the number of wolves is under estimated and unknown. The wolf is just too good a predator to unleash in such great quantities without some controls in place. There is no natural predator of wolves that I know of except man and he is not being allowed to control the situation in an intelligent manner.