<i>&quot;To be lying in your tent in the middle of nowhere and to hear a wolf cry. Now that must be quite something.&quot;</i><p>The first time? Maybe. It quickly becomes distracting, annoying, and (depending on the distance) frightening.<p>The only decent argument I can find for reintroducing wolves is that it would help keep wild deer in check. But the costs of wolves are far higher than the costs of too many deer. Deer don&#x27;t kill livestock or humans. And of course, wolves aren&#x27;t the only solution to reducing the deer population. They can be culled in other ways. The whole thing seems like a non-starter to me.<p>I think most who are in favor of reintroducing wolves are just infatuated with charismatic megafauna. &quot;Wolves look cool and they used to be on the island, so let&#x27;s bring &#x27;em back.&quot; …or something like that. Then they rationalize their conclusion with arguments about tourism and culling deer.<p>What if instead of wolves, it was crocodiles that had been eradicated from Scotland? I seriously doubt there would be as many supporters, yet the same arguments for reintroduction apply.