What is the wolf reintroduction program trying to accomplish?

The wolf reintroduction program is trying to get wolves to live and thrive in the perimeter of Yellowstone National Park. In doing this they will accomplish finding the wolves a safe place to live and raise their family. This will balance the environments way of operating. Here in North Carolina, our red wolf recovery program is doing well, we now have around 115 living in the alligator river wildlife refuge in the eastern part of the state. The purpose of the program is to increase populations that have declined or disappeared because of over hunting. For many years the wolf has been thought of as the bane of ranchers and farmers but better understanding has reveled the wolf will not harm livestock when other food prey is available. When the wolf populations disappeared the rodent population went up. Rodents like mice, voles and rabbits do far more damage than wolves to farmers and are necessary to control these pests.