|  be-green | Dec 16, 2007 7:33pm | In 1995 Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves began to be re-introduced into Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming after being previously extirpated from the region. Now, the Fish and Wildlife Service considers the population fully recovered and would like to remove wolves from ESA listing/protections. State wildlife agencies will begin taking over management of wolves should delisting survive promised litigation from environmental groups, and a widespread hunt of wolves is promised.
for your consideration: Resisting Delisting
Should wolves be delisted even though state management promises to reduce wolf populations to the lowest numbers allowed by law?
Are numbers of wolves an appropriate exclusive metric with which to gage recovery ?(i.e. should re-inhabiting a substantial amount of "suitable" habitat also inform a decision to delist?)
Are wolves safe once delisted ? |
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| | be-green | Dec 19, 2007 10:37pm | should wolves be delisted, Idaho intends to move the numbers down to not below 150 wolves (600 - 800 now) by hunting season of 7 months for sure. trapping, aerial gunning, poising are not dismissed. Wyoming will classify wolves as "predator" in most of the state ~ meaning wolves can be shot for any reason at any time by anyone.
"Wildlife Services" is a federal agency that has a nice name but will be doing the aerial gunning (helicopters and planes).
so yes ~ they will be hunted |
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Sponsor |  alice44 | Feb 28, 1:11am | | The odd thing is -- wolves have been found to help to limit the numbers of cougars, which may do a less harm to livestock (mostly because they are solitary), but which are much more dangerous to people -- and yet I have actually see more than one argument saying wolves are bad because they reduce the number of cougars. |
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