Wyoming wolves to lose Endangered Species Act protection

Grey wolves in Wyoming, the last still federally protected in the northern Rockies, will lose endangered species status at the end of September, opening them to unregulated killing in most of the state, the U.S. government said Aug. 31. The planned delisting of Wyoming’s estimated 350 wolves caps a steady progression of diminishing federal safeguards

Idaho Wants To Kill Protected Wolves – for Aug. 12, 2010

Idaho game officials said Aug. 6 they would seek federal approval to kill off hundreds of wolves in their state despite a court ruling that restored protection of the animals under the Endangered Species Act. Idaho Fish and Game officials said they remained determined to carry out a plan, nixed by the Aug. 5 court


Idaho Wants To Kill Protected Wolves – for Aug. 12, 2010

Idaho game officials said Aug. 6 they would seek federal approval to kill off hundreds of wolves in their state despite a court ruling that restored protection of the animals under the Endangered Species Act. Idaho Fish and Game officials said they remained determined to carry out a plan, nixed by the Aug. 5 court

Wolves get around

For every one they have confirmed there are probably two that they haven’t found or confirmed.” – RAY ARMBRUSTER CHAIR MCPA ANIMAL HEALTH COMMITTEE One of the 17 wolves trapped at the Sylvandale pasture north of Fisher Branch in early fall was a female that had travelled 600 kilometres north from central Minnesota. She was