Hmmm, hungry wolves - easy prey.  Not “confounding” at all.

Your views on politics and wildlife are equally nuanced.  Did you actually read the article?  The last time this pack bothered livestock was in 1997.  Do you think they’ve not had opportunity since then?  You should spend a lot more time reading, and a lot less time commenting.  I think everyone but you would be far happier.

When it comes to public land,( one of the worst abuses of the welfare ranching system) cattle should be grazed at the owners risk or preferably not at all.  It’s another example of screwing the taxpayer by charging pennies for the grazing rights.  Then the ranchers are compensated for loses and are provided air cover by Wildlife Services.
As far as “reporting” wolves as advocated by the “wolf specialists” there is a reason not to report them that they fail to tell you.  A collared wolf is a dead wolf because they can be tracked and killed by helicopter.  Pack after pack is being wiped out because of the collaring and ability to find them so easily.
DO NOT REPORT WOLF SIGHTINGS!

This is hilarious. These idiots release wolves into nature and then are “confounded” that the wolves are chasing cattle?

CONFOUNDED?

ARE YOU KIDDING?

Releasing wolves into nature is like releasing mosquitoes and then wondering why they are biting everyone and passing around diseases. Listen up, idiots: Wolves were abolished and hunted (bountied) into extinction because they are PESTS and nothing more; they are good for 1 thing—killing other animals. It’s only a matter of time before they kill a person.

Nothing can change that, certainly not some university-brainwashed idiots that collar these poor animals and chase them around in SUVs with radio antennas.

All wolves should be shot on site. Period.

From the vitriol, it’s apparent that the commenter, “Dang,” is one of those researchers. So let’s understand this clearly: these idiots have so much time on their hands that they are sitting around trying to buffalo anyone who makes a challenging public comment about the government-funded absurdity (the “research program”) they are part of?

Aw what the heck, let’s have lots of wolves, let’s have lots of bears, dear, skunks, mountain lions.  After all, they were here first.  It is so very unfair that people moved in here and disturbed them.  What were we thinking by building houses, businesses, roads?  Why all that stuff is disturbing them!  OK, so all those who want to give the place back to the wolves etc. go ahead and leave.  Oh, and no beef for you either!  Eat your vegies.

Maybe someone out there is poisoning their food supply? Its the first thing that popped into my head when I read this. So the wolves would think it would be safer that they would hunt cattle and livestock rather than risk their fur trying to find a non-poisoned deer.