I'm not so much interested in the quality checking the numbers as much as I am trying to make a point about predator population estimates. I want to make sure that when people post "facts" on the internet, that they know how those facts were derived, especially when it comes to wildlife populations and educated guesses, which is what those wolf numbers represent.

I'm not saying they wrong, but I am saying they are guesses based on statistical models. They are facts only in as much as the inputs into the model are correct, and in so much as the model is designed for the system in which it is being used.

Good discussion.

Thanks for your thoughtful reply’s. . .