Delist Wolves

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/30/news/state/25-wolf.txt" >Wildlife agency plans to delist gray wolves</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday said it plans on delisting gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains by the end of the year, but it's unclear whether wolves in Wyoming will be included.<br />n<br />nThe agency also said Monday that it is removing some 4,000 wolves in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin from the endangered-species list. That decision will be effective in about a month.<br />n<br />n"This is a major success story for conservation achieved under the Endangered Species Act," Lynn Scarlett, deputy secretary of the Interior, which oversees the Fish and Wildlife Service, said in a telephone conference with reporters.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI am so glad to see this. We have seen that the wolves breed like flies so I don't think the populations are in danger any more. The State of Montana has shown that it is more than capable of handling its wildlife population without the Federal Government sticking its nose in. Lets do it that way. I'm hoping that the state will be more responsive and act quicker to trouble wolves than the Feds were. No proof that this will be the case, but I can hope.<br />n<br />nLet me be clear here. I do not like wolves running around killing critters willy nilly. It goes against my basic instinct of taking care of the animals around me. I will also admit that the economic consequences of wolves to ranchers is real and of concern. Eventually wolves will reach this area and I will have to deal with it. I would never advocate the three S solution to wolf management, Shoot, Shovel and Shut up but don't ask me what I would do if a wolf was around here. You might not like the answer.<br />n<br />n<strong>I answer, If men did understand them before they were done, they would endeavor to let the fulfilling of them; and when the signification is fulfilled, then to see how plainly it was described in the scripture doth exceedingly confirm the faith thereof, and make it better to be understood. William Tyndale</strong>