It takes some serious guts for a public figure to challenge the anti-wolf lobby in Wyoming. And with the imminent release of the Department of Interior's new wolf rules that remove endangered species protections from the packs in Montana and Idaho, you can bet that tempers will really be flaring in Wyoming where the animals remain protected.

And that is how I know that Dick Sadler has a lot of guts.

Last Sunday, the Casper Star-Tribune posted an Op Ed from the longtime state legislator that called a lot of people to task for the wolf mess in the Cowboy State.

Don't get me wrong. I doubt Mr. Sadler and NRDC are on the same page on the issue---he probably would not support our actions to save Yellowstone wolves (though you should) . But I can certainly appreciate the frustration that is clearly evident in his opinion piece.

He takes issue with an anti-wildlife mindset that has ruled the state for some time. He calls out legislators who bowed to the antiwolf mob rather than listen to professional naturalists by name. He chafes at the transparent lunacy of ranchers' attempt to force taxpayer money to be spent in testing wolves for the cattle scourge, brucellosis. He lays into the seemingly hypocritical statements from those in the state that he says profit from cheap access to federal lands while telling the government "to go to hell" when they exert control.

He ends the piece with this:

I find it difficult to believe that the good Lord would put monsters portrayed as wolves on this earth. Not four-legged ones anyhow.

Yup, I don't know Dick Sadler. But I know he's got guts!