It's crazy how something that big and destructive is protected by the federal government...I mean I know they don't want to lose the species, but what good are they really, what do they contribute to our ecosystem? I guess it's the balance of nature...I sure wouldn't want to be near one when it's hungry an animal like that aren't afraid of people when they are hungry...We may be at the top of the food chain because of our brain's and gun power, but without a weapon against a mean hungry wolf, we are toast....