[gubbrora]

Making 1kg of wolf requires way more than 1kg of prey. A rule of thumb I've heard is a step in food chain has only about 10% efficiency.

If wolves were more prey than predator populations would decline very quickly.

[Harvey-Specter]

The article is a commentary on the vilification of wolves, not whether or not they're literally prey animals.

[falcolas]

Wolves are our prey. And we do cause their populations to decline quickly, when we're not prevented from doing so by laws.

[asdf21]

Everything is our prey tho..

[thebeefytaco]

They're only "more prey than predator" because humans have fought back against them.

A wolf wouldn't think twice about killing a human.

[Avshalom]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolf_attacks_in_North_...

"There have been only two verified documented deaths from wild healthy wolves in North America"

now as the list demonstrates "verified...wild healthy" leaves a hell of a lot of wiggle room but even then lists are not long.

[jandrese]

Historically wolf culling has been more about protecting livestock and pets than people. It's also helpful for hunters to make sure they're not competing for deer.

[bildung]

Actually they avoid humans as much as possible. Wolves have been reintroduced where I live about a decade ago. Zero problems with humans.

[thebeefytaco]

Nowadays sure, but historically that's not true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_attack#History_and_percep...

[zhte415]

I think a wolf would do more than think twice faced 1:1.