Midwest Wolves Back on List

[cheeseheadinOHIO]

I read this in the WI State Journal... wonder what affect it will have on the west? I get tired of this... back and forth.

Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered list

By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- More than 4,000 gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region are going back on the federal endangered species list - at least temporarily.

A coalition of activist groups said Monday it reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore federal protections for wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The wolves had been dropped from the endangered list in May.

Several environmental and animal-protection groups sued in federal court this month to reverse the decision.

The settlement says the government erred by publishing the final rule to drop wolves from the list without providing for public notice and comment.

If the agency tries again to remove the wolves, the settlement calls for a comment period of at least 60 days.

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[Bullelk1]

Friggin' animal rights activists hire a bunch of lawyers to find some technicality to reverse the decision. Happens nearly time. Biology means nothing in the court system. Everything is managed by popular opinion.

 

[upmuley]

Well here in the UP of Michigan the management is taken care of locally ;-)

 

[Bulzeye]

> Happens nearly time.
> Biology means nothing in
>the court system. Everything
>is managed by popular opinion.
>

Actually I think this stuff is managed by the minority opinion of a small few with deep pockets.

Attorneys have now made it possible for the small obscure mionority groups to out weigh the voice of our entire nation.

 

[MuskegMan]

" . . . the management is taken care of locally."

The 3-S rule rocks!!!

 

[4blade]

this means i will have to put them back on "my list"

I hate it when that happens!!!

 

[my280]

2 words - KA POW!!!!

 

[cheeseheadinOHIO]

Here's more...

Jul 12, 7:06 PM EDT

Wisconsin DNR: Wolves kill 4 dogs in last week

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says wolves have killed four dogs in just the last week.

Authorities say two of the attacks were in Clark County, and the others were in Ashland and Oneida counties.

DNR Wildlife Biologist John Dunn says the attacks happen when bear hunters start training their dogs. He says if the dogs run through a wolves' den, wolves will try to protect their pups.

Dunn says dog owners can help prevent the attacks if they know where a wolf pack is living. But he says that can be difficult.

The federal government has put gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region back on the endangered species list, which means it's illegal to kill a wolf.