Probably much better off, especially long term. Wolves do more than keep deer numbers under control, and eliminate sick deer. Without wolves, a deer could have any number of genetic problems -and then it would pass these on.I think that the deer are much better off because any population of wild animals is going to be better off with a top line predator. The natural balance between predator and prey, wolf and deer is important. For example Coyotes, wolves have had a positive impact on as well.The population was out of control.In about 3 months or so wolf packs actually cut the Coyote population in half bringing it down to a more natural
