Wolves are coming to Maine if the wolf promoters get their way.

Already wolves have been taken into classrooms in order to indoctrinate our children on how wonderful they are. Of course, they didn’t bring in a small lamb or a deer fawn and allow this wolf to really demonstrate its behavior; that is to kill the helpless little creature and eat it in front of the children. That probably would not have left the politically correct impression.

It’s important people understand that wolf recovery is not about saving wolves. Wolves are not, nor ever have been, biologically endangered. They are politically defined as endangered, meaning the government, with the aid of preservationists groups, has set an artificial standard by which it may define wolves as endangered.

So what’s wolf recovery about? It’s about dollars. It’s also about land control. It means dollars for federal bureaucrats. This is job security at its best, especially when one considers that no endangered species recovery program has ever worked or stayed within its projected budget.

It’s no wonder a group like RESTORE promotes wolf recovery in Maine and John Glowa and his wolf coalition plays right into their hands. Use the endangered species to lock up the north woods and set the stage to create a national park in northern and western Maine. We Maine natives, with our outdoor heritage and traditions, are the ones headed for the endangered species list if we do nothing.

I urge Maine people to say no to the wolf coaltion and its spread of misinformation.

State government and sportsmen should take special note that wolves hunt 365 days a year and have no bag limits. They require five to 10 pounds of meat a day; that’s 20 to 40 Quarter Pounders a day. We do not need a predator like this. Likewise, state game departments should take heed since their funding primarily comes from two-legged hunters not four-legged ones. Jim Busque Vice president Millinocket Fin and Feather Club