Wolf damage to sheep herds in France is also paid for. There is still opposition to the wolf presence but I guess not being threatened with bankruptcy helps smooth some edges.

Also wolves help control the wild boar population, and those can be quite damaging for crops, so the economic impact of the wolf may actually be positive.

Eventually, someone is bound to be attacked thought, it will be interesting to see how policy is influenced when it happens. I can see how tigers can be a lot more polarizing.