Before the europeans came to america, there were probably millions of wolves. They ranged across almost all of the lower forty eight states. The economic expansion of the us created a huge demand for fur and meat. Wolf population fell from the millions to roughly zero by the 19 sixties. But thanks to the endangered species act, the us. Began to bring the wolf back. Now there is a movement to kill off the wolves again for the same reasons as before. It's because they are a threat to the animals we fur, and theoretically a threat to us too,. So to day on economics radio, a new view of the big bad wolf.