I agree that this is bad, we need more practical effect based VFX houses.
I'm in the process of developing a series of short horror movies and werewolves will be included and if the project gets the momentum I want it will feature a female to wolf transformation that will be practical.
Its a long way off and I can see this has its only following (I've been a fan for years)
If we ever get that far I'll let you know as I really want it to be worth of mentioning in the same sentence as AWIL.