First off, what the government conservation agencies have been doing aren’t working, and aren’t exactly accurate. As the article “Bear-Baiting May Exacerbate Wolf-Hunting Dog Conflict” states, “The odds of a depredation event occurring in Wisconsin were 3.57x greater than the odds in Michigan; a relative depredation risk 2.12-7.22x greater in Wisconsin.”  (Bump|Murawski|Kartano|Beyer|Roell 2013) This quote shows how the attacks and effects of wolves can be much higher or lower in other areas, even state to state, or county to county. This means that the problem is with state laws, habitat, and amount of wolves around the area. Since this has been shown to be a problem, plenty of areas have decided to try and make their own laws or work with the state DNR to help maintain the populations. This sadly has not worked, since the DNR thinks populations are still too low(reminder that the quote above was from over 10 years ago). The DNR has listened more to minority groups, those who say they are needed and have improved the areas, instead of actually checking what’s happening. Most of the time, those same people are looking at what has happened in other places, where the wolves actually were needed. The conditions from one place to another are very important, that's why the depredation risk is much higher here than in Michigan. Michigan has a much wetter climate with colder temperatures. The wolves don’t like that as much as Wisconsin’s more damp(not wet) climate and temperatures that are almost 100. Warmer, letting the wolves be more active and have more time for breeding and hunting before the winter season hits. If we focused on what happens more locally, not throughout the rest of the nation(or even state), we could have a much more beneficial conservation for both man and wolf. Also, from the article “Wolf Reintroduction”, “Ranchers, farmers, hunters, and other businesses have lobbied heavily against wolf reintroduction due to the threat to livestock and significant financial loss. This opposition is especially fierce in western states including Colorado, where ranching is a key industry and a cultural cornerstone.”(Gale, part of Cengage Group 2023) This quote explains the large view of the people who live and work with animals and how they feel it will impact them and their business. First off, the farmers, ranchers, and hunters see what is gonna be a big problem for the conservation efforts, cost and damages. The same article stated that the government was ready to pay over 1.5 million for damages to livestock and animals. This shows that the government knew already that the wolves would be a problem for people who rely on animals for business. This was also considered to be on the low end of costs in the conservation work, with some programs involving costing over 2 million(reminder that this effort has been going on for over 30 years). The costs for the conservation effort have been getting increasingly larger, and a large portion have turned up to not work properly(like the shock training from 2000). The threat to livestock and wildlife has also been a huge problem, since many of them had never experienced a predator this fierce. The wolves are much stronger, faster, and smarter than almost every other predator that had lived there before. This means that the livestock and wildlife would have to adapt insanely quickly or face huge losses, which has been seen by me personally up by our bear hunting land with all sorts of wildlife. An example is with deer populations where the wolves are located. Before they had come to the area, the deer were always in the fields, almost 20-30 in a herd. Since 2020, those herds have become increasingly smaller, around 10-15, and have stayed in more fields to try and go where the wolves aren’t. As stated in the quote, the ranching industry is very important to the people in Colorado, as well as a tradition for families for the last 100 or so years. The wolves have not only put pressure on their livestock and pets, but also on their families, who spend a large portion of their life outside from a young age. If people can’t do anything to the wolves, then the wolves will continue to attack. This connects to the claim since it shows how the wolves will and have affected the people who rely on animals.