21.   But wolves are a different story.

22.   Environmentalists, who have debated whether the wolves will be capable of surviving in the wild, also are divided about what the death means for the program.

23.   Even wolves are afraid of them.

24.   How sensible of them, considering that the wolf is a predator, and hunting food is what the wolf does for a living.

25.   In a few months, the pen gates will be opened, and the wolves will again be kings of the Blue Range Primitive Area.

26.   Just maybe, his actions are in line with a general trend of compassion where the wolf is concerned.

27.   Juvenile wolves are playful and friendly but not nearly as smart as the adults.

28.   Like the rest of the wolves set free under the conservation program, the wolf killed was born and raised in captivity.

29.   Payton has never been any better at just watching than wolves are at herding sheep.

30.   Ranchers worry that wolves will be on the prowl just as their cattle start having calves at the end of January.