Wolves now under Wyoming control and they are already being shot in state’s first wolf hunting season-
Mike Jimenez, who has managed wolves in Wyoming for U.S. government for years now with a slowly growing wolf population and minimal livestock depredations, has written his last wolf news report. Here it is converted to a PDF […]
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Today Montana District Court Judge Donald Molloy denied the settlement agreement put forth by 10 of the 14 environmental groups who sued to keep wolves protected under the Endangered Species Act. The settling parties had asked the judge to set aside his previous ruling which found that the USFWS […]
Continue Reading →Federal Government appeals the wolf ruling-
I missed this one but it is important. Everyone knew that the states and many other groups would appeal Judge Molloy’s ruling on wolves but no one was sure whether the Federal Government would appeal the ruling too. Now that question has been answered.
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Wolf delisting hearing stalled after attorney faints in courtroom. KBZK.com
Continue Reading →Of course, media coverage has been intense. Here are a number of stories that hopefully provide a variety of viewpoints.
Regional stories and editorials-
Wyoming-
Judge orders wolf relisting. Casper Star Tribune.
Judge restores wolf protection. Jackson Hole News and Guide
Idaho-
Wolves again have federal protection. By Rocky Barker. Idaho […]
Continue Reading →Rocky Barker had predicted a day earlier that the plaintiffs in the case were not likely to get an injuction.
Molloy puts wolves back on the endangered species list. Rocky Barker. Letters from the West. Idaho Statesman.
Continue Reading →Two decisions from Judge Molloy today on the litigation brought by the coalition of conservation and animal rights groups against the federal government’s decision to delist the Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf.
The first is Judge Molloy’s decision on a motion made by the federal government requesting an extension of two weeks to respond to […]
Continue Reading →The lawsuit has been filed with a request for an immediate injunction to suspend state management. The suit was filed in the Montana federal district court in Missoula.
Conservation Groups Sue Over Wolf Delisting. Backpacker Magazine.
Environmental, conservation groups challenge wolf delisting. By Matthew Brown, Associated Press in the Idaho Statesman.
At least […]
Continue Reading →Today, Monday April 28, EarthJustice is expected to file a lawsuit trying to overturn the delisting of wolves one month ago — the handover to virtually unrestricted state management. Wyoming management has resulted already in at least ten, and probably many more, dead wolves from what was the state’s population of 188 wolves. The photos […]
Continue Reading →Wolf lawsuit on Monday. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
Eric Keszler, who speaks for Wyoming Game and Fish, says the following in the article above: “Keszler said the current [Wyoming] population can withstand the recent wolf shootings in Sublette County. He pointed out that roughly 90 percent of Wyoming’s wolves live […]
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