Federal Government Eliminates Protections for #Wolves in Wyoming #environment #animals #wildlife

Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves

Federal Government Eliminates Protections for #Wolves in Wyoming #environment #animals #wildlife

Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that it is eliminating federal protections for Wyoming wolves, handing wolf management over to Wyoming, which will open almost all of the state to immediate, unconditional wolf killing. "No state or federal agency can put itself above national laws that protect America’s natural heritage and wildlife that all Americans cherish.” Last year, Congress gave hunters and trappers in Montana and Idaho the right to kill wolves that had been protected under the Endangered Species Act, nullifying a court victory won by Earthjustice that would have prevented the hunts. Since then, management of wolves in the two states has grown increasingly hostile as the states have expanded their wolf quotas and hunting seasons. In the 2011–2012 hunting season, hunters and trappers killed 545 wolves in Idaho and Montana. The two states have ...

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@TNFooFan » 19 Sep '12, 4am
US Fish & Wildlife removed the protection for wolves in WY. Help me support @Earthjustice Thx [link] [link]
@Delphinegill » 17 Sep '12, 1pm
@iansomerhalder ian, I just found this posted on fb. This is so wrong to allow! [link]
@BratMindy » 09 Sep '12, 8am
disgusting america [link] #wolves #animalrights
@GovernmentDroid » 06 Sep '12, 1am
RT @WldlifeDefence: Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves [link]
@djdrewling » 05 Sep '12, 8am
If U care about wolves-- Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves | Earthjustice [link] via @Earthjustice
@TanjaClauberg » 03 Sep '12, 9am
@U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service you guys are SICK SICK SICK!!!!!. [link]
@thegigimeister » 01 Sep '12, 10pm
[link] no more protection for Wyoming wolves -- disgusting.
@DanaMLee » 01 Sep '12, 7pm
CALL TO ACTION! [link]
@EvelyneGarance » 01 Sep '12, 10am
Je partage la rage de Thierry... [link]
@GovernmentDroid » 01 Sep '12, 5am
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@JunacSaorl » 01 Sep '12, 3am
illo, por qué??? [link] ->El gobierno federal elimina la protección para el lobo en Wyoming.
@_makeupbylacey » 01 Sep '12, 1am
This is so sad. They are the same, if not smarter, then our beloved companion dogs, just wild. This is so... [link]
@bouldie » 01 Sep '12, 12am
There's estimated 2 be only 328 wolves in a state twice the size of england,yet they remove nearly all protection.Crazy [link]
@FranciscoValSan » 31 Aug '12, 11pm
Terrible news: Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves.Please, North Americans, protect the wolves [link]
@DerrickWyrms » 31 Aug '12, 9pm
This is BS! “@Earthjustice: Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves [link]”
@rjtbaum » 31 Aug '12, 9pm
RT @DivaTomboy: We are all connected. What we do to Earth - and her inhabitants - we do to ourselves. [link]
@DivaTomboy » 31 Aug '12, 9pm
We are all connected. What we do to Earth - and her inhabitants - we do to ourselves. [link]
@16toads » 31 Aug '12, 8pm
Wyoming to enact shoot-on-sight policy for its 328-strong wolf population. [link] Humans are complete assholes.
@PsyDMommy » 31 Aug '12, 8pm
Protect the Wolves: [link]
@Lunar2822 » 31 Aug '12, 7pm
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@misterhub » 31 Aug '12, 7pm
Terrible news. @USFWSPacific “@earthjusticenws: Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves [link]”
@katefielder » 31 Aug '12, 7pm
this is so wrong! Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves | Earthjustice [link] via @Earthjustice
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@fullpackagepro » 31 Aug '12, 6pm
“@Earthjustice: Federal Government Eliminates Protections for Wyoming Wolves [link]”Makes me sick. What's next?
@sfbriansmith » 31 Aug '12, 6pm
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@LaserLux » 31 Aug '12, 5pm
Federal Govt eliminates protection for wolves in Wyoming. [link]
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