Roundoak, I try to stay out of wolf arguments, but if you've read the Sand County Almanac, especially the chapter "Thinking Like a Mountain" when Leopold killed what he believed to be the last wolf in the Gilas (or was it Arizona, can't remember off the top of my head), his argument for wolves to remain on the landscape had everything to do with balance and ecosystem management. During the 1930s, some of the worst big game die offs in history occurred precisely because they had completely outstripped their resources after the removal of most of the major predators.
Anyway, just trying to point you to where Leopold's exact words on the subject came from. Not making an argument for or against anything.
