Judge overules Trump as Yellowstone grizzly bears offered protection from trophy hunts

[Calista241]

Source: The Telegraph

Judges in the US ordered protections to be restored to grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park, halting plans for the first licensed trophy hunts of the bears in the region in more than 40 years.

US District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana, sided with environmentalists and native American groups by overruling the President Donald Trump's decision to strip the grizzlies of their status as a threatened species.

The outcome caps one of the most high-profile legal battles over the Endangered Species Act, rivaling previous disputes surrounding the gray wolf and northern spotted owl.

The ruling came as the Trump administration is seeking to rewrite regulations that scientists say would erode wildlife protection for the benefit of commercial interests.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/25/judge-overules-trump-yellowstone-grizzly-bears-offered-protection/

[NCjack]

1. Looks like the Trump boys won't be hunting grizzlies in Yellowstone NP. nt

[ffr]

2. Fcuk Yeah!

Stop killing naturally occurring wildlife!!!

[Lucinda]

3. XLNT!

[pazzyanne]

4. This is a reason for celebration.

Maybe there should be open season on those who think shooting endangered, wild animals is a right. Sorry, but man has been responsible for so many transgressions against nature, that I have no mulligans left to give.

[lovemydogs]

5. The judges just gave the finger to Don Jr. and Erik Trump and their trophey hunting

[bluestarone]

6. MY thoughts are

This is truly a GREAT DECISION by this judge!!!

[Judi Lynn]

7. Great news, Calista421. Thank you. n/t

[Bayard]

8. Thank you, Judge Christensen

Said the bears!

And send us those tRump boys in a pickanick basket....