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Deal reached to lift wolf protections in 2 states
Seattle PI ^ | March 18, 2011 | AP

Posted on 03/18/2011 12:49:00 PM PDT by jazusamo

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Facing mounting pressure from Congress, wildlife advocates and the U.S. Department of Interior on Friday reached an agreement to lift gray wolf protections in Montana and Idaho and allow hunting of the predators to resume.

The settlement agreement - opposed by some environmentalists - is intended to resolve years of litigation that have shielded wolves in the Northern Rockies from hunting, even as the predator's population has sharply expanded.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: delisting; idaho; montana; wolves
Sounds like some of the enviro nazis backed off before they lost it all to common sense.

I don't believe it's in the bag that Judge Molloy will go along though.

1 posted on 03/18/2011 12:49:04 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: george76; Flycatcher; girlangler
Ping!

Molloy's support is crucial because he must agree to put a stay on an order he issued last summer that reinstated wolf protections in Idaho and Montana.

2 posted on 03/18/2011 12:51:58 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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There’s something else going on. The reintroduction of wolves is all about gun control.They want to take away hunting so that there’s no need for guns. “Target shooting - buy darts”. “Self protection - just hire more police.” “Control the population of deer and elk - wolves”. Those pesky guns keep getting in the way of mandating liberal control.


3 posted on 03/18/2011 1:18:33 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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There’s no doubt eviro nazis and animal rights nuts want to stop all hunting and take away guns but they’re whistling in the wind if they think they’ll get anywhere with it.


4 posted on 03/18/2011 1:23:42 PM PDT by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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The 2,000 [ imported Canadian ] wolves will remain on the endangered list.

Not all of the eco-terrorists have agreed to the settlement nor did Molloy


5 posted on 03/18/2011 2:32:13 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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