wolves
only good wolf is a dead a wolf, plan and simple
Agree with highmark. want your wolves? - Keep them in yellowstone and watch them through your camera lenses like all the other tourists...but you will see rare Elk. Yes, your wolves in the "natural state".
Wolf packs have been left to their "natural state", as defined by all your forests service experts/YNP types/greenies, since introduction in YNP. Seriously all legitimate sources show elk numbers are down in and outside of YNP. Talk to hunters. Actual hunters out in the field who are telling you those wolves "in their natural state" have left markedly reduced numbers. Watch the whole film. He is right on.
Sorry, have no sympathy for the anmals. Honestly - explain to me the valuable ecologic niche they have? What is it they do that is so valuable it would be tragedy if they were not in the forests/woods? Was there some terrible "ecosystem" tragedy that we are now realizing since the saving wolf is back out there? What is it? List those improvements to our "ecosystem" that you have seen. T rex was also a natural part of our environment. I greenie could find one "breeding pair" it would be jurassic park and to hell with every other animal - it's just natural.
For those so concerned about the wolf/the wolf feelings/the wolf role in nature and that's how you operate, than how do the elk "feel" about their plight of 24 / 7stress with wolf packs in their midst. Is it also negative then we are losing 10 x the number of elk for each single wolf gain?
I think things were going pretty well before wolf reintroduction. I agree, remove the wolves so more elk are out there and before those packs turn to something else after they have slaughtered thee last of the herds.
I guess I'm just not as sophisticated in my ecologic understandings/ecosystem engineering theories as some out there but I can think of a few of you who will teach me. Try to use some legitimate evidence where it exists.