Because if they're "wild", they're a protected endangered species and that requires management plans and all kinds of other stuff that's easier to ignore for as long as you can. Sort of like those reddish looking coyotes I've seen pictures of down in the Carolinas. Definitely not a red wolf. No sir.

Other than thinking it might be kind of cool to have them back in VA, I don't really have a dog in this fight. Last I heard, our game department's position was that there are none in VA. But, it's illegal to shoot one. What's that tell you?