Federal judge won't give Wyoming control of wolves

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Federal judge won't give Wyoming control of wolves
By BEN NEARY, Associated Press | September 30, 2014 | Updated: September 30, 2014 9:12pm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday denied requests from the state of Wyoming, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service and pro-hunting groups to change last week's decision that reinstated federal protections for wolves in the state.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington, D.C., leaves Wyoming and the Fish and Wildlife Service with the choice of either appealing or developing a revised management plan. The planning process can take years and require more public comment, during which time Wyoming wolves would remain protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.

The Wyoming wolf plan Jackson rejected took effect in 2012. It classified wolves as unprotected predators subject to being shot on sight in most of the state. Many ranchers and hunters in Wyoming are concerned that if left unchecked, wolves will take too heavy a toll on other wildlife and livestock.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, a Republican, issued a statement saying he's disappointed by the judge's ruling. He said his administration will consider the best way to regain state wolf management.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/science/article/Federal-judge-won-t-give-Wyoming-control-of-wolves-5791755.php

[Sopkoviak]

1. I should think it obvious that the central government in DC

Knows what's best for us plebs in the western States.

[rpannier]

4. IMO the jusge is correct in this matter

The number of livestock lost (total in the western US) to wolves in miniscule.
The ranchers get to be compensated for loses
The kill on sight method employed the the state of Wyoming is harmful to the wolves
100+ years of wonton slaughter of wolves by ranchers in these states give cause for caution

[BrotherIvan]

5. Apparently us Westerners don't know how to handle our own environment

So thankfully the feds stepped in.

[DreamGypsy]

2. Less than a quarter of one percent, 0.23%, of the American cattle inventory was lost ...

... to native carnivores and dogs in 2010, according to a Department of Agriculture report.













more

[BrotherIvan]

6. Thank you for posting these graphs

It's very clear that wolves are not the problem. And quite obviously, the ranchers should be going after those who are polluting the air and water instead of pushing predators into extinction.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Thanks for this helpful information, DreamGypsy. Tremendous thought at the end of your post. n/t

[a la izquierda]

8. Thank you for this.

When I was a little girl, I read The Wolf by Dr Michael Fox. I've been enamored ever since.

[Nihil]

10. Excellent post - thank you! (n/t)

[rpannier]

3. Good for the judge

Glad she turned the state of Wyoming and the fish & game down

[PeoViejo]

9. Big Men with little Dicks like to hang dead predators on fences.

Too many Years of reading lurid anti-predator propaganda has taken its toll on predators.