Readers Who Run with Wolves You ask, "Can we learn to dance with wild things again?" ["Wolves at the Door," June] Unfortunately your article didn't question our continued dance with domestic livestock, which has led to the elimination of wolves throughout most of the lower 48.
You gave considerable space to those within the environmental movement who would have the public believe that caving in to ranchers' demands that wolves be shot whenever they take a few sheep or calves is essential to the success of the wolf in the West. But you ignored those scientists and environmentalists who argue that wolf control in the name of domestic livestock protection is not compatible with recovery.
