Wolves Now Protected in Montana, Idaho
Posted on 06. Aug, 2010 by Raven Schneizer in Other
Under the federal Endangered Species Act, grey wolves living in Montana and Idaho will now have the same protection as those living in Wyoming, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, according to reports
250 wolves were hunted last season after former president George W. Bush removed their protected federal status. The hunting of grey wolves began again under President Barrack Obama, and have seen an increase of grey wolves that can be hunted legally.
But Judge Donald W. Molloy of the District Court for the District of Montana ruled that to apply federal protections to wolves in Wyoming and not to those in the two other states wasJudge Donald W. Molloy of the District Court for the District of Montana stated that by giving wolves in Wyoming protection but not those in Montana and Idaho is “like saying an orange is an orange only when it is hanging on a tree.”
Wolves “can be endangered wherever they are within the range” of the distinct wolf population covered by federal protections.
The court’s decision came after a long battle between animal rights groups and those opposed to protecting the predators.
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