Western Great Lakes Gray Wolf Population Goes Back On Endangered List
June 30, 2009
In a move that is becoming extremely nauseating and utterly ridiculous, void of any science that President Obama promised would return to decisions like this, the government reached an agreement with those groups, including the Humane Society of the United States, who had sued to stop delisting, the gray wolf was returned to government protection. It appears the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not exactly follow the legal steps before they could declare a removal from the Endangered Species Act list.
Before a move such as delisting, the USFWS must provide a 60-day public comment period and evidently this was not done. Because of that, the U.S. Government and the HSUS, et. al., reached an agreement that puts the wolves in Minnesota back under a “threatened” status and the rest of the wolves return as endangered. Wolves in Idaho and Montana that have be removed from the list, are not affected.
According to the news source that can’t be named or linked to, the agreement states that “if the Fish and Wildlife Service tries again to remove the wolves from the endangered list, it will hold a 60-day comment period.”
A spokesperson for HSUS said that this gives the USFWS the opportunity to reconsider their “failed wolf-management policies” and put an end to what they called “reckless plans” to start hunting wolves as part of the management plans.
The USFWS says it plans to regroup and attempt to delist the Western Great Lakes wolf population again.
Tom Remington
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I have heard a lot of talk from animal rights people that the gray wolf (timber wolf) in Minnesota will avoid humans and not impose any kind of threat.
Just 3 days ago I had a pack of wolves in my yard and they were circling my dog for the kill. When I opened the door and tried to scare them off, they turned on me and growled and showed their teeth. I soon found myself in the same perdicament as my dog. I managed to throw a rock at one of the wolves and get my dog back into the house. The wolves circled the house for a short time and then moved off into the woods.
As for the wolves being affraid of humans, my response to that is…” that is a crock!” I just learned first hand that the timberwolf is a dangerous animal.
Of course the wild wolf is dangerous ….after all they are a wild animal and must be respected as such. Normally any wild animal is afraid of humans … I would have to ask the person who blogged above if her/.his dog was in heat and if she/he feeds her pets outside. There would be only a few reasons why any wolf would act in this manner…….I would also be interested in knowing what this person considers a wolf pack. A rock would not deter a wolf pack who was determined to attack for real. Wolves circling the house ….I would bet your animal was in heat….very rare behavior for any wild animal especially the wolf
Living in the wilderness is a privilege requiring the understanding there are situations that can happen or take place and one must take precautions and be prepared in such situations is a must.
I do not believe just anyone should be allowed to hunt and kill the wolf who does threaten lifestock or pets. I do believe authorized agents of the Fish and Wildlife or DNR should track and remove problem wolves to more isolated areas or in last resort kill them. Since wolves are territorial and mark their boundary lines ….relocation would be hard to easily do..
liveing on the northeastern tip of the arrow head my 38 years of life. The timber wolf has lost its fear of humans. in the last 12 years my personal run ins and comunity run ins have 10 fold. to me its sadning that people can not see the reasonings for proper managment.
Connie, No my dog was and is not in heat. In fact she is spayed about 5 years ago. I would like to add that since my posting I had timber wolves in the yard and they even tried to get into my garage. I suppose they thought the dog was inside. (I keep my dog in the garage when I leave home. I don’t like leaving her outside in the cold let alone leaving her chained up for wolf bait). The wolf has it’s place in the ecology and they are even pretty to see, but when they become so brash as to not fear a human I worry a little.
I read someplace a few years ago that there are an estimated 4500 timber wolves in the continental US and that the estimate for timber wolves in Northern St. Louis County and Koochiching County is around 3900. I wonder if those numbers have increased creating a more bold timber wolf that is in search for food.