First Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt in 40 years blocked by federal judge

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

ENVIRONMENT AUGUST 30, 2018 / 8:07 PM / UPDATED 17 HOURS AGO

First Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt in 40 years blocked by federal judge

Laura Zuckerman
4 MIN READ

(Reuters) - A federal judge in Montana on Thursday issued a court order temporarily blocking the first trophy hunts of Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in more than 40 years, siding with native American groups and environmentalists seeking to restore the animals’ protected status.

The 14-day restraining order by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana, came two days before Wyoming and Idaho were scheduled to open licensed grizzly hunts allowing as many as 23 bears in the two states to be shot and killed for sport.

Groups opposing the hunts had sought a restraining order while waiting for the judge to rule on the larger question of whether the federal government should return Endangered Species Act safeguards to grizzlies in the greater Yellowstone region.

Christensen heard arguments from both sides on Thursday and took the case under advisement without indicating when he would render a decision. But in granting the restraining order, he said that the conservation and tribal groups had shown that they were “likely to succeed on the merits” of their lawsuits.

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[hlthe2b]

1. YESSSSS!!!!

thank you, Federal Judge!

[maxsolomon]

2. How about "Trophy Capturing and Relocating"?

The North Cascades needs Grizz, even Zinke is open to it.

Of course, my wife won't set foot up there if the Grizz are back...

[ret5hd]

4. Trying to create yourself a little "getaway", are ya?

[maxsolomon]

5. Yes, I spend my leisure hours darting and hauling megafauna

when I'm not racing Cigarette Boats of the Cote D'Azur...

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Thank goodness! Now they must be protected under Endangered Species Act again.

[2naSalit]

6. For two weeks untl

he decides what to actually do. As usual, the bears' delisting was premature and completely without regard to "best available science" as directed in the Endangered Species Act itself... along with the mandate that any redress of anything regarding the Act must go through the federal courts because the states cannot be trusted with the protection of any endangered species. I've fought with these states over the ESA for almost two decades. people need to get informed.

[niyad]

7. "killed for sport", because that is what decent, intelligent, environmentally conscious people do.