L. David Mech

“Wolves should be saved and managed as part of the whole context, not because they are singled out as a special species.”

“After decades of advocacy for wolf conservation using all possible means to sell the goal of wolf recovery, it is now necessary to start advocating for compromise between wolf and human interests.”

“Mr. Ellis is neither a scientist nor an expert on the natural behavior of wolves.”

“It is beyond ridiculous that wolves need to study a human or that they are capable of it.”

“I hope that the general public will try to regard wolves like every other creature rather than giving them some sort of a very special position in the wild. The wolf is like a cougar or a bear or any other species. It was endangered, and it was regarded as the poster child for endangered species, but it is recovered now, and it should be managed like any other creature. If the public can accept that, that would be the biggest thing I could hope for.”