Success?

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/22/news/state/25-wolfrecovery.txt">Government hails wolf recovery as success</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Calling it a "remarkable conservation success story," the federal government said Thursday that it plans to remove gray wolves in the Northern Rockies from the endangered-species list, 13 years after the animals were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho.<br />n<br />nThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which oversees wolf recovery, said there are more than 1,500 wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, far exceeding initial goals to restore them to the Northern Rockies.<br />n<br />nDespite the fact that roughly one in four wolves dies – legally or illegally – at the hands of people every year, the population has grown by 24 percent a year and consistently expanded its range. With all three states agreeing to manage at least a minimum population, the next logical step is removing wolves from the endangered-species list, federal officials said Thursday.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSuccess for whom? Success at putting ranchers livestock and businesses at risk? Success at decimating the elk herds in Montana? I don't see a whole lot of success here.<br />n<br />nI definitely am not excited about the prospect of de-listing he wolves. Don't get me wrong, they need de-listed, but you know the wolf loving/rancher hating groups out there are going to go to court to contest this action so there will be a prolonged court battle before there is the slightest possibility that wolves will be de-listed.<br />n<br />nWhat can I say. This whole wolf thing is bull shit. Just another way to drive ranchers out of business. I'm killing myself right now calving my heifers, up all hours of the day and night, so I am a little upset by all of this right now. I work so hard to save these cattle so some wolf can come along and kill them? This is the what we term success in America? You can have it then.