Gray wolf back on endangered list…..
A federal judge has put the gray wolf back on the protected list, and angry ranchers in Montana and Idaho are blaming Wyoming for the move. While Montana and Idaho have agreed to management plans with controlled wolf hunts, Wyoming allows unregulated hunting of wolves if they’re not on the endangered list, so the federal government keeps the animals listed as endangered in Wyoming. Now the judge says the policy must be the same throughout the region.
“Unfortunately, we’re not in a position to reward” Montana and Idaho for “their responsible behavior, because Wyoming is the outlier,” a fish, wildlife and parks official told the Washington Post. “It’s a real slap in the face for those states who have worked hard to not only meet but exceed the goals,” an Idaho rancher said. As wolf populations have bounced back in recent years, an increasing number of cattle and sheep have been killed by wolves in the northern Rockies region.
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This may be a stupid question but can wolves really take down a cow? Is this a real problem or is it just 4 or 5 cows per year and the wolves are blamed for every cow missing?
I’ll bet that Sarah Palin will be disappointed if the land is stripped naked of Wolves for her to hunt.
Took the wifey to The Cotswolds Wildlife Park today for her birthday outing – Canadian Timber Wolves were my favourite. Magnificent animals are wolves. They mate for life I believe?
Certainly there has to be a balance but would it not have been better to enforce the sensible approach of Montana and Idaho on Wyoming?…or wasn’t that possible within the laws of the land?