Scorecard: Westerners v. Wolves

Westerners 106 Wolves 0
That's how many Yellowstone basin grey wolves have been killed since the federal government allowed states to again declare an open season. For a European perspective on the age old conflict between man and wolves see this story

Update: Yesterday, a federal district court judge in Missoula, Montana ordered a temporary injuction preventing grey wolves from being exterminated in the Northern Rocky Mountain states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho until a legal determination can be made of the intent of Congress as the Endangered Species Act may apply to recovering species. Wolves were exterminated from the western US in the last century because of the demands of the livestock industry, but have been recovering under the protection of the Act since 1973. Wolves were reintroduced to their former Northern Rocky Mountain home in 1995. Judge Molloy found that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their arguments that the US Fish and Wildlife Service exceeded its authority and acted arbitrarily when it approved state "management plans" it had previously rejected as insufficient, and delisted the wolf without considering the need for breeding between groups to insure genetic health. Thank you Earthjustice and Judge Molloy for giving the wolves a fighting chance for survival.