It began with one of those congressional quid pro quos, where bartering occurs almost below the radar, where members of Congress give a little to get a little, where seemingly unimportant concessions are made. But when the transaction took place in April, 2011, at the behest of congressional leaders from Montana and Idaho, a “rider” was attached to the stymied budget bill that removed wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, and parts of Washington, Oregon, and Utah from the federal endangered species list and set the stage for near-term delisting in Wyoming, which occurred in 2012. The nation’s iconic apex predator, the wolf, is in the crosshairs just about everywhere and its future is quite bleak.
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Ahh, yes, the poor wolf, hunting must be banned! It is being managed, but your piece was truly heart wrenching. We should leave it up to the experts in wildlife management to do exactly that, manage. Not tug-at-heart-string writers like yourself. Thank you.
No, it is not being managed. Those experts you speak of are but pawns of cattle men and sheepherders and hunters, all of whom have their own reasons for having wildlife "managed" by those who will put their priorities first. Wake up to reality.
WildlifeVoice