Please Don’t Forsake the Gray Wolf!

[G_j]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/opinion/dont-forsake-the-gray-wolf.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=1&

Don’t Forsake the Gray Wolf

By JIM DUTCHER, JAMIE DUTCHER and GARRICK DUTCHER
Published: June 7, 2013

KETCHUM, Idaho — IT has been celebrated as one of the great victories of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. After several decades of federal protection, gray wolves — once nearly wiped out in the continental United States — have reached a population of roughly 6,100 across three Great Lakes states and seven Western states.

But this success has been only partial. The centuries-old war against wolves continues to rage, particularly in states where the species has lost federal protection in recent years, as management of wolf populations was turned over to the states.

On Friday, the federal Fish and Wildlife Service put forward a proposal that would make matters even worse. It proposed stripping the remaining federal protections for the gray wolf in the rest of the United States (with the exception of the extremely rare Mexican gray wolf in Arizona and New Mexico). Removing gray wolves from the national endangered species list in the areas where they are still protected would be a mistake. The protections should remain, so that the species can continue its recovery and expand its range, just as the bald eagle and the alligator were allowed to do.

The new proposal, which will be open for a 90-day public comment period, is the latest step in the federal government’s effort to turn wolf management entirely over to the states and wash its hands of the animal, which has long been in the cross hairs of powerful hunting and livestock interests.

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[In_The_Wind]

1. Save the Gray Wolf!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. K&R for a timely and well-written post.

[rhett o rick]

3. k&r thanks for posting.

[rhett o rick]

4. Someone should start an online petition. It might help. nm

[life long demo]

5. Thanks for posting the article

Most of us know this is so wrong. But why are they doing it? The wolf hasn't "recovered" yet. There are many petitions up on the web about this decision. thepetitionsite.com, change.org, care2.com, forcedchange.com are a few sites that have petitions for the wolf.

[G_j]

6. Why the Beaver Should Thank the Wolf

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/opinion/the-world-needs-wolves.html

Why the Beaver Should Thank the Wolf
By MARY ELLEN HANNIBAL
Published: September 28, 2012

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Many Americans, even as they view the extermination of a species as morally anathema, struggle to grasp the tangible effects of the loss of wolves. It turns out that, far from being freeloaders on the top of the food chain, wolves have a powerful effect on the well-being of the ecosystems around them — from the survival of trees and riverbank vegetation to, perhaps surprisingly, the health of the populations of their prey.

An example of this can be found in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park, where wolves were virtually wiped out in the 1920s and reintroduced in the ’90s. Since the wolves have come back, scientists have noted an unexpected improvement in many of the park’s degraded stream areas.

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[WyLoochka]

7. Many people in this state - Wyoming

Would like to take us back a few decades to when there were almost no wolves anywhere. I don't understand the visceral hatred they have for these creatures.

[loli phabay]

8. not a wolf fan, but i will kick nonetheless

[G_j]

9. Tell Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell: Put a Stop to this Delisting Catastrophe

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/9553294