Feds ask to put wolves back on endangered list

[The Straight Story]

Feds ask to put wolves back on endangered list

By MATTHEW BROWN – 14 hours ago

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have asked a judge to put gray wolves in the Northern Rockies back on the endangered species list — a sharp reversal from the government's prior contention that the animals were thriving.

Attorneys for the Fish and Wildlife Service asked U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula to vacate the agency's February finding that more than 1,400 wolves in the region no longer needed federal protection.

The government's request Monday follows a July injunction in which Molloy had blocked plans for public wolf hunts this fall in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho pending resolution of a lawsuit by environmentalists.

"What we want to do is look at this more thoroughly," Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Sharon Rose said. "We definitely have a lot of wolves out there, but we need to address some of (Molloy's) concerns in a way that people feel comfortable with."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h0YqdJtE9K1Ejlz-RuOF8RH8wl1QD93CARRO2

[ailsagirl]

1. Wolf hunts... how utterly repulsive

Defenders of Wildlife has been working for a long time at reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone...

http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/wildlife_conservation/imperiled_species/wolves/wolf_recovery_efforts/northern_rockies_wolves/index.

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2. I just came across this article on DWL's website :) Wolf victory!!

http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/press_releases_folder/2008/09_17_2008_wolves_protected_again!_fws_voluntarily_removes_own_delisting_rule.php

[The Straight Story]

5. Thank you for the additional info

:toast:

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6. Thanks for putting it out here in the first place!! :)

:hi:

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3. kick

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4. kick

[seemslikeadream]

7. a way that people feel comfortable with