Conservation vs. commerce: The fight over Arizona's wolf population

The recovery of the Mexican gray wolf is pitting Arizona ranchers, who cite mounting livestock losses, against conservationists, leading to legislation in Congress aimed at delisting the species from the Endangered Species Act. While ranchers criticize current compensation programs as ineffective due to the near-impossibility of obtaining proof of a wolf kill, conservationists stress the wolves' vital ecological role and the need for coexistence.