Can America learn to love the big bad wolf? There are signs of change

They've been called 'the beast of destruction' and 'the abortion issue of wildlife', but efforts to save the wolf's population - and perception - are worth celebrating

Some species are eliminated through sheer human carelessness, as we clumsily attempt to mould the world in our image. America's gray wolf, on the other hand, was almost gleefully wiped out, exterminated with a visceral mixture of disgust and fear.

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