A study to find out if public support exists to brand Thompson as Wolf Capital of the World has completed its second phase.

This Phase focused on the perception tourists and youth have of wolves.

Memorial University master’s student Bonnie Bishop spent the summer in Thompson collecting the data:

"Lots of the visitors that participated in the study were in Thompson for work and most of them were first time visitors to the city. We found that 77% of visitors like wolves so thinking about all of the negativity surrounding the wolf in many places around the world it’s really nice to see this result".

Phase 1 which was completed last year focused on residents.

Bishop says hopes to have a full report on all the data in time for the Wildlife Conference happening in Winnipeg in October.