Releasing wolves into the wild has been the subject of a long-standing debate among conservationists.

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Wolves in the wild in Scotland were thought to have been hunted to extinction in the 1700s.

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By the latter standard, the movies Wild Wild West and Dances With Wolves both earned more at the box office.

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The reintroduction objective is to re-establish a wild population of at least 100 Mexican wolves.

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It is estimated that more than 270 wolves are living in the wild in Sweden, much of which is covered by wilderness.

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This may be Europe and a country that will join the EU in 2013, but it is also a remote escape where wolves and bears still roam wild.

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Canada will not take the wolves back, there is little room in zoos, and there is no appropriate wild space in the United States that could handle a population of wolves such as the one in Yellowstone.

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But it seems like many of those who were hurt, or could be hurt, would welcome an apology, or a clarification and a chance to discuss the issue, without accusations of dogpiling, throwing to the wolves, or other domesticated or wild canine activity.

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On its website, Kolmarden -- billed as Scandinavia's largest wildlife park, and located about 150 kilometers (about 93 miles) southwest of Stockholm -- touts visitors' ability to have "wild encounters" with its animals, including petting wolves.

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Sweden's environmental protection agency said the aim was to eliminate inbred wolves and improve the gene pool of the wild population, but conservationists dispute this.

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