Wolves are being dragged into Congress as culture war props — and the strategy is getting more extreme. Bills like H.R. 845, which aims to delist gray wolves and prevent remedy in the courts, aren’t about science, livestock safety, or wildlife recovery. They’re about using wolves as a political symbol: a stand-in for “federal overreach,” environmental regulation, and rural resentment. The misleading title — the “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” — is part of the playbook. So is ignoring decades