1,300 wolves to come off endangered list

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Source: The Washington Post

BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal wildlife officials say they will take more than 1,300 gray wolves in the Northern Rockies off the endangered species list within 60 days.

An attachment to the budget bill signed into law Friday by President Obama strips protections from wolves in five Western states.

It marks the first time Congress has taken a species off the endangered list.

Idaho and Montana plan public wolf hunts this fall. Hunts last year were canceled after a judge ruled the predators remained at risk.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/1300_wolves_to_come_off_endangered_list/2011/04/17/AFXR7LwD_story.html

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Bad idea.

:(

[xchrom]

19. Indeed. Nt

[whoneedstickets]

2. Now if only they could make ranchers an endangered species..

At least the wolves still have Canada

[Downwinder]

3. When Yellowstone blows.

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[panzerfaust]

5. ... soon to be made into Slippers and Trophies

[sulphurdunn]

6. If this plays out the way I think

it will, these states will be auctioning off permits to hunt the wolves. That's the only reason they are being delisted. Otherwise the FWS would send in professional hunters to selectively cull the packs. The auction will attract very rich men with very tiny dicks to pay very big bucks to kill a wolf. Too bad wolves can't shoot back.

[QC]

7. So hopeful!!! n/t

[onehandle]

8. Changearific. nt

[placton]

9. Obama the enabler

will that be his next campaign slogan: NO HOPE, NO CHANGE, BUT I SHALL ENABLE!

[fascisthunter]

10. kill, kill, kill....

hold up, we'll find a reason.

Instead of trying to deal with nature, the easiest solution is sought.... just kill it, destroy it, sell it.

People like this should have to live life on Easter Island.

[RedCloud]

12. Or underneath Easter island!

[Maine-ah]

13. Wolf Ledge Refuge

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117976134887213

A place to learn about wolves and wolf hybrids in a safe and natural environment. Education as to owning one of these types of animals and the reintrduction of them around the world.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

14. I had a hybrid pup years ago

Unfortunately Ice-Shadow had a degenerative nervous-system problem and is no longer with us. :cry:

[trud]

17. I am sorry about your pup n/t

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

15. Wolf haters are evil

I have tried to argue with wolf-haters before and it has never ended well. They never seem to listen to facts.:banghead:

They always spout crap like:
- They eat our cattle
- They attack our other livestock
- They destroy the elk herds
- They are dangerous and will kill people.
and on and on.:grr:


May Odin watch over our wolves. May his two wolf helpers (Geri and Freki) haunt the dreams of the politicians that allow and promote these wolf hunts.

And finally, may the worst ones be eaten by Fenrir, so that after they pass through him, they can become the Sh*ts they really are.

[Old Troop]

16. Finally. These are not your average woves, they are gang wolves

who have been hiding behind the ESA for years while they traffic drugs and people. I say let law enforcement have at them.

[Hugabear]

18. Hurah, let me grab my AK-47 and fire up the chopper!

We got some fuckin' wolves to kill!

Seriously, what kind of mental midget do you have to be - how small does your penis have to be - in order for you to go out hunting wolves?