Within the article itself:
"Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating three of the wolf shootings, and Babbitt strongly hinted that he may pressure the agency to reverse itself on another case.
In that episode, retired postal worker Richard Humphrey shot a wolf after it mauled his dog and threatened his family. Fish and Wildlife agents dismissed the case as a matter of self-defense months ago, but Babbitt appeared to be trying to overrule them Monday.
"I don't think the facts support any inference that the wolf was anything other than an animal that happened to be in the neighborhood," Babbitt told reporters.
It would not be the first time Interior sought to punish someone for defending himself. The agency has only recently been brought to heel over a case in which it doggedly prosecuted a Montana man for killing a grizzly bear that jumped him in front of his own home.
Though the courts rebuffed the agency in the grizzly case, none of its overzealous bureaucrats have been held accountable, which means they have no disincentive to try the same stunt again."
I wonder how Babbitt would feel if it was hit let getting gnawed on?