Environmental groups, such as Defenders of Wildlife, are trying to put a stop to the war on wolves. In a recently launched campaign, Idaho’s War on Wolves, they focus their attention on the recent wolf killings in their state and potential legalization of wolf hunting. Their position argues against wolf killing based from both an ethical and population-based standpoint. Ethically, they show how wolves have in fact been misunderstood by society to the point that they are being sought out and killed, which is in turn causing an unjustified decrease in the wolf population. Originally, wolves would be hunted for the purpose of protecting livestock, not human lives. However, over the years, and through tales such as The Little Red Riding Hood,
