If you think politics and religion are controversial, then you don't live in Idaho. True controversy revolves around the critters seen below. It appears there are a few (i.e. hollywood types) that love the wolves and feel that they should be protected, but most (and by most I mean everyone that I have met in Idaho) don't. The cattle ranchers, the sheepherders, and the hunters don't want them having free reign in Idaho. They are proving to be hard on livestock and are quickly diminishing elk populations. The hard part of this battle is the total amount of money raised by those who want the wolves controlled is in the tens of thousands and the money raised by those who don't is in the tens of millions. I'm not sure what will come of the whole thing and how anyone will ever get the straight truth, but here's a photo taken a few weeks ago north of Ketchum, ID to prove that the wolves are alive and well in Idaho. We haven't seen any on our land yet, but know of sightings by our place.
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