Maybe the approach would be wolves would threaten a protected lizard or mammal if wolves migrate into a bordering state then use the legal slush fund anyone can tap that takes legal action under ESA.
Realistically, the boat just sailed. The West is repopulated with Canadian wolves which may not even be what was once in these Western states. Chasing migrating caribou for eons imprints those wolves to head into the next valley and the next until reach the ocean.
The Mexican gray wolf is smaller and behaves differently re territorial expansion, IIRC.
Not sure about the wolves I would see in Minnesota in the 1970s.
Predator populations left to die of natural causes will quickly change the eco-system including feeding on livestock, pets and might lose a few people, too. Grizzly bears kill a few people annually.
Weekend hikers in Colorado may be less than awed when pulled down by a packs of wolves.
We never lost them and our population has been around 3000 for some years now despite lack of hunting it hasn't grown more.
Ag folks have lived with them for decades. We do have aggressive depredation program folks. They kill a fair number each year, through trapping after verification of wolves being the cause. Payment for losses has been variable and at times not always representative of losses.
They attack some dogs, but not as often as in. Wisconsin...despite a much lower wolf population there , some of that due to hound groups continuung to run dogs at a time more likely to cause trouble.
Human incidents are just not an issue at all.
Bird dogs can have some problems and rural dogs too. But not nearly as often as some claim or would think.
Can be a challenge to get livestock folks educated. Especially those who that resist standard predator avoidance practices.
