Murder of Yellowstone Wolves Threatens Area Renaissance

The air in Yellowstone National Park is chilly at the crack of dawn, even in August. If you want to see a wolf, you get up early and shiver.

“It’s more difficult right now to spot a wolf,” says Marc Cooke, president of Wolves of the Rockies. He means both the time of year -- wolves are less active in summer -- and the recent decline in wolf numbers, which he attributes to “the devastating impact from the needless trapping and hunting season.”