I've often thought that if the wolf lovers really want to ensure perpetuation of the species, the best way would be to allow wolves to be raised commercially on ranches.
You could get a twofer by charging hunters to come in for the harvest and giving them the option of getting paid for the pelts they bring in or letting them keep the pelts as long as they paid the ranch operation for the tanning.
There is actually some data on elephants about how two African countires have taken polar opposite approaches. I'm not sure which the two are, but lets call them K and B.
K takes a strict approach which allows no hunting and no trade in elephant parts, be they skin, tusks or meat. Any such poaching harvests are destroyed when seized. Still, poaching is rampant and the elephant herds are declining.
B takes a controlled harvest approach. Licenses and tags are required. Any trade in elephant parts are monitored to ensure they were properly harvested. The herds are growing and the resulting revenue from growing tag sales are increasing effective policing of the program.
No reason we couldn't take the same approach as B with wolves.
Well, yes, but you have people like Pricilla Feral of the Friends of Animals who would not like your idea one bit. And there’s a good change the govt would be on her side...
Research, reality, results. Gotta love it, unless you are overrun by those to whom nothing matters but ones feel good feelings on the subject. Which IMHO is just more of that religion of the LNB, and the doctrine of usurpation. That would be the long nose busybodies that desire a shared monarchy between themselves and members of the animal kingdom against those who believe God gave to man, knowledge of the real KING, and, dominion over his environment.