No its extermination; the term often used openly when referring to wolves in WY and ID where I lived 03-06. Their state park budget dropped from $18 million in 08 to about $3.5 last year but about three years ago their legislature approved a specific $400,000 annual fund to kill wolves (about $4,000 per from air which would reimburse a lot of lost stock). They keep renewing while always near bottom of 50 states in education spending per student.