Open Season: Will Rebounding Wyoming Wolves Thrive Without US Protection?
Open season: Will rebounding Wyoming wolves thrive without US protection? (via The Christian Science Monitor)
The decision Friday by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to lift endangered species protections for the gray wolf in Wyoming is a testament to the success of the 20-year federal wolf reintroduction effort. But the move also opens the door to a bloodier era in which Americans will be emboldened to challenge…
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2000 takes them off of the list??
I hope this doesn’t end up being a terrible mistake. We have such trouble as a species learning from our history, learning from our mistakes. We have similar issues in Michigan (the UP) and I know there are a lot of people who want the wolves gone because they see them (wrongly) as competing with hunters for game, especially deer. More education would help, but some people are determined to cling to folklore and anecdote. Farmers should of course be allowed to protect livestock and be compensated for losses to wolves – which I believe are relatively few (documented).