Before you start feeling all warm and fuzzy thinking this is a pro wolf letter, please read on. You Wolf People have done your homework, and know one of the easiest ways to "Brain Wash" someone is to get to them when they are young.

Taking wolf pups to a classroom full of impressionable kids, and letting them interact is pure genius. Who would want to harm these lovable creatures?

In fairness, I must ask why didn't you show pictures of wolves chasing down and killing elk, moose and bison? There are plenty of photos and videos available. Oh, I forgot, we can't show them how life really works. That would be the truth and we all know the truth isn't politically correct anymore.

I have a great idea! Why don't you contact the Sand Point Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and see if you can get an invitation to their next fundraiser and put on the same program you put on for the 5th-graders and see how many of them you can convert?

My 2nd ax to grind is with the anti-wolf guy saying that wolves kill for sport. That is just plain silly. What wolf told you that anyway? As far as information from the "Internet" goes, don't rely on it being accurate. While it is true wolves will kill something and not eat it, I don't think anybody knows for sure why.

Hans Neumann's letter berating sport hunting again shows how uninformed people are. Not all hunters shoot huge bulls and/or bucks. As a matter of fact, most of us take whatever we can outsmart, which in most cases is not something we would run down to the local taxidermist with. We just want the meat. Yes it does cost us about $50.00 a pound, but it sure is some fine table fare.

Hunting to me is what gardening is to you. Knowing you can grow something from seed and put it on your table gives you a great deal of satisfaction even though it cost more than the "wonderful stuff" you buy at the grocery store. Knowing I can go into the woods, shoot, clean, skin, process and cook an animal gives me that same satisfaction, knowing I can provide food for my table in good times and bad. So, if unemployment ever gets up to around 10 percent, gas hits $3 to $4 dollars per gallon, grocery prices go through the roof, and our political process fails, I'll open up a package of elk steaks and you bring over some corn and potatoes from your garden and we'll have a great feast.

Last but not least, Dear Mr. LeCain, Where do I even start? You say "Man cannot exploit nature without responsibility" and I agree. What do you call introducing a large carnivore into a habitat where they haven't been in decades and have no natural enemies? What is the real purpose for reintroduction? Is it just so a few people can go hear and if they are extremely lucky, see a wolf? HMMM!! Sounds to me like the wolf is being exploited. Your (our) tax dollars at work!!

Most people I talk to are of the opinion, all you have done is dumped another mess on the public and now we have to figure out how to clean it up. And the pro wolf crowd doesn't like the methods we are coming up with.

John Morrill is a resident of Hauser.