GENRE Opinion Piece
Read to find out about opinions on returning wolves to Yellowstone.
by Lara Winegar
In the wilderness of Yellowstone
National Park, you may hear
an intriguing sound floating in
the wind. An elusive, yet oftenfeared animal makes the long,
high-pitched howl. The gray
wolf is a shy creature that has
been the subject of many legends,
and it is now the subject of
heated debates.
The gray wolf has lived in North
America for thousands of years,
but as more people settled in the
United States during the 1800s,
many species of predatory
animals were unwelcome. People
24
believed wolves were
a threat to cattle
and sheep, and the
government paid people
to kill wolves. By the
1930s, wolves were
nearly extinct in most of
the United States.
In 1995, the gray wolf
was reintroduced
to Yellowstone. This
decision sparked a lot of
disagreement. Some
people were in support of
the reintroduction. Others
were not.
