20 years ago they reintroduced wolves to the Western US. In 2016 there were about 1800 wolves, with hunting allowed in a couple of states. Idaho has about 750 wolves, and about 250 were killed each year for the past few years, and the population is holding steady.
They want to reintroduce the grizzly to Washington State. It’s bad enough having to look out for cougars!
We’ve got wolves here in Idaho and you have them in Washington. The grizzly won’t need introduced. You’ll have them as well. The Idaho and Montana populations are expanding. The grizzly ranged clear into Mexico at one time. When in grizzly country never hike alone and always take a fellow hiker and a 22 pistol. You can’t out run a bear up hill or down. So shoot your fellow hiker in the foot. Now you just have to out run the other hiker. Oh and take pepper spray to put on you hiking mate. Bears love spicy food.
I grew up in grizzly and cougar country and I’d rather run into a bear in the woods than a cougar.
If you see the bear there’s a 50/50 chance it hasn’t seen you at all.
If you see the cat there’s a 99% chance it’s been hunting you for the last 20 minutes.
I hear some of those gray wolves are like 200 lbs !