Why cant' the wolves be captured alive and relocated in deep wilderness; or perhaps sold or traded to a foreign zoo?   And what ever happened to culling? (Exterminating the oldest, sick or injured within a group or herd of animals.)  Choosing to kill 'breeding females' just doesn't seem right.  Seems alternatives weren't explored.  I wonder what the shooter/killer does with the body(s).  Taxidermy? Pelt?  Who knows.  Sad in several ways, isn't it?