Guest guest Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 too bad idaho is waiting (barely) to begin hunting em as soon as they drop off the list Eh, You'll Be Fine U.S. says some gray wolves no longer need Endangered Species Act protection The U.S. government announced yesterday that it will remove 4,000 gray wolves in the western Great Lakes area from Endangered Species Act protections and work to delist 1,200 others in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Canis lupus management in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin will shift to state and tribal leaders, who are expected to ban trophy hunting for at least five years. Calling coexistence of wolves and humans " a difficult balancing act, " Interior Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett claimed victory: " We have saved this icon of the wilderness. " The love it-or-loathe-it predator has been protected since 1974; its removal marks the 17th time in the 33 years of the Endangered Species Act that a species has been delisted. Some worry that the move is premature, but others are rejoicing. " Any time you have a large vertebrate species down so low as it was when it was listed and come back in such dramatic fashion, " said Jeff Towner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, " it's kind of a red-letter day. " straight to the source: The Washington Post, Associated Press, John Flesher, 30 Jan 2007 straight to the source: The Bismarck Tribune, Richard Hinton, 30 Jan 2007 straight to the source: The Kansas City Star, McClatchy Newspapers, Bob Von Sternberg, 29 Jan 2007 " Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. " -- Dwight Eisenhower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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