Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which country was the first to place the wolf under its protection?"
...It was Germans Friedrich Nietzsche and Oswald Spengler who convinced the German government to place wolves under national protection. The designation was more iconic than practical, as the last wolves in Germany died in the middle of the 19th century. The last wolves in Yellowstone Park in the U.S. disappeared in 1926. Conservationists returned wolves to the region in 1995 and within 10 years, over 136 wolves roam the Park in about 13 different wolf packs. Source: WhiteWolfPack.com