Agree. Is a disease of the environment. Deer kill much more people than predators (ticks, car accidents) but people are not afraid of herbivores. In not urban areas, a few well managed packs of wolves could be our best option. It seems that there is not much Lyme disease cases in the places having wolves.

So it seems that we need to make a choice about what would be worst, to lost some unattended cattle sometimes and be afraid of wolves or living with the fear of Lyme, crop damage and coyotes. If we can live with coyotes in the backyard maybe we could get an acceptable point of tolerance with wolves that avoid humans much more than coyotes do.