Wolves losing federal protection; small group exempted

[Judi Lynn]

Wolves losing federal protection; small group exempted
By Julie Cart
June 7, 2013, 9:41 a.m.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday announced it intends to drop all federal protections for gray wolves in the lower 48 states, carving out an exception for a struggling population of Mexican wolves in New Mexico and Arizona.


The announcement means that federal scientists believe that wolves in the lower 48 states are no longer threatened with extinction and don't require the protection afforded by the Endangered Species Act.

Wolf packs are well established in the Great Lakes and Northern Rockies, as well as scattered populations in Oregon, Washington and Northern California, officials said.

Management of the animals will fall to individual states, where, in some cases, hunting of gray wolves has been allowed.

More:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-wolves-delisted-20130607,0,5781002.story

[Drale]

1. Yeah lets wipe them out again

we just spent 20 years bringing them back, I bet we could do it this time in as little as 1 year!

[Arkansas Granny]

4. They won't even have to offer a bounty. People will be lining up to pay to go on a hunt.

[villager]

2. Harder and harder to tell the difference between a "Republican" administration and this one

Especially when it comes to wildlife, and 4th Amendment issues...

[truebrit71]

3. I agree 10000000000000000000000000000000%

There are no words as to how pissed off I am right now....

[Jenoch]

5. While grey wolves will not be federally protected,

they will have state management plans in those states with a wolf population. We have over 3,000 timber wolves in Minnesota. Their range is increasing. As long as there is no bounty on them, as there was prior to 1974, they will continue to thrive.

[Socialistlemur]

6. Excellent!

This means the wolf is no longer endangered.