Why are wolves making a comeback in the United States?
Before many American children know how to tie their shoes, they learn one thing: Wolves are scary. On account of the Brothers Grimm and “Little Red Riding Hood,” wolves bear a terrible public image that they have yet to recover from. While we can thank the wild lobos for our precious pooches, we sure don’t show them much love. As people settled the West, giving way to farms and ranches, the tide turned against wolves. Feared because of their impressive fangs and penchant for snacking on livestock, more than 100,000 gray wolves were killed in Montana between 1883 and 1942 [source: Wilkinson]. Even in the 1970s, federal wildlife management still used poisons in the wild to kill off any stragglers [source:
