Wolves are NOT the villains in this story. Killing doesn’t heal conflict. It deepens it. When wolves are killed, the harm doesn’t stop with the animal. It devastates the people who love and protect them. And it fuels resentment from those who believe killing is the only solution. Violence hardens both sides. It doesn’t bring peace, it escalates division. We’re told lethal control is “necessary,” that it’s the fastest way to solve conflict. But we’ve never truly tried the alternative. What if our

In Lassen County, the Harvey wolf pack is being framed as a problem to eliminate, because wolves did what wolves do in landscapes humans have reshaped. This story isn’t new. All over the world, when wildlife behaves in ways that inconvenience us, we call it dangerous and reach for lethal control. Instead of adapting, we escalate. Instead of coexistence, we punish the species trying to survive alongside us. But you cannot out-predator your way to balance. Killing through conflict doesn’t solve it