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People fear wolves. While some of their fear is sensible, wolves actually have more to fear from people than people do from wolves. Although wolves are strong and fierce, wolf attacks on humans are very rare. In nearly all cases, they occur only when people provoke or corner wolves. People, on the other hand, have regularly baited and trapped wolves from the earliest of times. For various reasons, farmers, ranchers, and trappers in North America have all sought to reduce the wolf population. By 1950, there were almost no wolves left in the United States. Finally, in 1974, Congress granted gray wolves a protected status.
What saved the gray wolf population of North America?
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Responses
Congress granted gray wolves protected status.
Congress granted gray wolves protected status.
Gray wolves became strong and fierce.
Gray wolves became strong and fierce.
People avoided gray wolves out of fear.
People avoided gray wolves out of fear.
People stopped baiting and trapping gray wolves.