“PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has voted to support congressional action aimed at removing gray wolves from the federal endangered species list.
The commission voted 4-1 after a lengthy meeting Saturday in support of federal legislation that would declare the wolves recovered and no longer in need of federal protections.
The commission says it sees delisting the gray wolf as an opportunity to break through the gridlock that has stalled an effort to reintroduce the Mexican gray wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, along the Arizona-New Mexico border.
The commission says it wants to work with every stakeholder and all who are willing to negotiate and seek solutions for the troubled Mexican gray wolf program.
At last count, Arizona and New Mexico had just 42 Mexican gray wolves.”
Can I have some in my back yard too (Western Washington)?
They will do just fine along side the coons, opossums, beavers, coyotes and other fur bearers in my woods until they eat all the coons, opossums, beavers and coyotes.
The Grey Wolf is making inroads in Eastern Washington.
The Cascade Mountains are no barrier to these critters. There have already been reports of sightings and road kill on this side of the mountains.
I can just hear my liberal neighbours now “The wolves are eating all of the Trumpeter Swans. Whatever shall we do?”
You’ll never hear a squeak when the six-year-olds come up missing though.
I recently saw a “Boone and Crocket Country” television program where the State Fish and Wildlife biologist pointed out that “Environmental Groups” have their lawyer fees paid for, whether they win or loose, with tax-payer funds because of the way the Endangered Species Act is written.
A fellow a lot smarter than I once told me, “Follow the money”.
This is not about wolf populations or protecting them. It is all about fund raising and lawyers getting rich with little effort.