"Nearly all wolf depredations in the Midwestern states and in Montana occurred on private land, while more than 80% of depredations in Idaho, and about half of those in Wyoming, have been on federal lands."(2)

"In the northern Rocky Mountains from 1997 to 1999, verified wolf losses amounted to .01 percent (1 in 10,000) of all sheep losses, and .03 percent (3 in 10,000) of all cattle losses."(2)

"Where lethal control is allowed, 168 wolves (5.5 percent of known wolves in those areas) were lethally removed in 2000 (presumably not including those killed surreptitiously)."(3)

"The cost of wolf control, as measured by WS budgets, totaled nearly $700,000 in 2000."(3)