He does not agree that hunters should be able to eliminate almost half the population of wolves in Montana. Gibson believes that what Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming are doing is morally wrong. .
By pandering to the readers emotions, Gibson shows his emotion towards wolves. Quoted in the article "what is happening to wolves now, and what is planned for them, doesn't really qualify as hunting. It is an outright war." What Gibson is trying to do is persuade the readers with emotion to support his views on wolf hunting. Gibson recalls that back in the mid 1990's when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service released 66 wolves they were doing a good thing for the United States, restoring a creature back into the woods that he believes belongs there. Gibson relates this wolf hunting to militia advocates with their ideas of man as a warrior who should fight the federal government. He makes it clear that hunters and ranchers are fighting the government on these issues to kill these wolves for their own benefit, so hunters can kill more big game animals, while ranchers won't have to worry about their livestock being killed by wolves. By comparing ranchers and hunters to militia advocates Gibson makes hunters and ranchers appear uneducated to urban citizens. This is an example of how he uses pathos in his article that appeals to his audience.
In addition to the emotional argument, Gibson uses a logical appeal to gather false accusations made about wolves. Stated from Gibson he believes that "a cultural mythology has emerged that demonizes the federal government, and the environment movement with the wolves themselves. He is telling the readers that many false accusations have been made about wolves; people need to look past these false statements. He relates this back to the western culture in the middle ages when the Roman Catholic Church believed that demons could take the shape of wolves. The article he wrote relates to a quote he wrote that states "one might reasonably view man's entire development and creation of civilization as a process of fortifying against wolves.
