Environmentalists To Challenge Wolf Delisting Again
Spokane, WA March 26, 2009 11:55 a.m.
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downloadThirteen environmental groups are preparing to renew their legal battle with the federal government over removal of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List. That could make Idaho’s fall wolf hunting season moot. Correspondent Doug Nadvornick reports.
Sometime in the next week or so, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to publish its decision to delist the wolf in Idaho and Montana.
As soon as it does, Earthjustice attorney Jenny Harbine says environmentalists will file a notice that they’ll challenge the delisting.
Jenny Harbine: “We will do whatever we can in court to prevent massive wolf killing in Idaho.”
Idaho announced this week that it will hold a wolf hunting season from October through December. The goal is to reduce the population significantly from the current 850 animals.
But the legal maneuvering could stop the hunt. That’s what happened last year.
Conservation groups say wolf populations aren’t high enough yet to withstand hunts in Idaho and neighboring Montana.
The state of Idaho counters that wide-ranging wolf packs are killing more sheep and cows.
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