Protecting Wolves has numerous ecological benefits.
 

Competition from wolves helps to control populations of coyotes and other small predators, which in turn benefits the small mammals and birds that coyotes usually prey on.

Wolves leave their 'leftovers' for other animals to eat - which can increase the biodiversity of the ecosystem.

Wolves improve the gene pools of the species they prey on by taking slow, weak or sick individuals.

Wolves can help protect plant populations by controlling the population sizes of large herbivores and grazers - in Yellowstone, Aspen populations are recovering, apparently due to the effect of wolf predation on Elk.

 Most Americans support wolf conservation efforts.
 

Opinion surveys conducted in 10 states that are viable candidates for wolf reintroduction show majority support for wolves in each and every state.

Nationally, one opinion poll conducted by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service showed that almost 60% of Americans support wolf conservation efforts.

A 2002 article summarizing public attitudes about wolves showed that 61% of the general population had a positive view of wolves.3

A 1998 nation-wide poll conducted by the National Wildlife Federation2 showed that 76% of Americans express support for the wolf reintroduction effort and 84% of Americans support the broader goal of returning endangered species to native habitats on public lands.

Wolves are not vicious killing machines.
 

There are no documented instances of a healthy, wild wolf killing a human being in North America.

Ensuring the presence of larger carnivores, including wolves, has been shown to increase biodiversity in general. Wolves can have a positive impact on small animals, scavengers, vegetation, and even their prey.

Preserving wolves is good for the economy. 

• Interest in wolves can have positive impacts on tourism.  The International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota receives 40-45,000 visitors a year to its education center, and to the town of Ely.  Economic analysis¹ indicates that the International Wolf Center generates around $3 million dollars annually and created as many as 66 new jobs in a town of 3,724 inhabitants. 



• A 1997 study on the economic impact of Red Wolf recovery in the southeast found that the presence of wolves would be incentive for tourists to visit the region, thus stimulating the local economies. The regional impact of wolf related tourism is expected to average at least $35 million per year. ⁴
  
  
• Negative impacts from wolf reintroduction on the economy of the northern Rockies has been negligible.