In the episode 'Faith, Hope, and Charity' MacGyver was doing studies on the Grey Wolf. I thought MacFans might find this article interesting...

excerpt (copied and pasted from Yahoo News):

MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 19, 12:36 AM ET
BILLINGS, Mont. - A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall.

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula granted a preliminary injunction late Friday restoring the protections for the wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. Molloy will eventually decide whether the injunction should be permanent.

The region has an estimated 2,000 gray wolves. They were removed from the endangered species list in March, following a decade-long restoration effort.

read more here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080719/ap_on_sc/wolf_delisting