A collection of environmental organizations filed a new petitionToday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asks the U.S. for immediate federal protections of Northern Rockies Wolfhounds. This is because aggressive management measures in Montana and Idaho, Wyoming, amount to unregulated and unlimited killing of wolves and are contrary to a 2009 promise made by the agency to end federal protections of Northern Rockies Wolfhounds.
Idaho’s new law allows trappers, hunters, and private contractors year-round access to kill wolves. There are no restrictions on the age or number of wolves that can be killed. Montana’s new rules allow for the killing [of]The petition states that approximately 85% of the wolf population is affected by the petition. This petition specifically addresses wolves from Yellowstone National Park. They are used to seeing humans almost every day and have little to none fear of humans.
Petitioners claim that Idaho’s attempt to eradicate its wolf population has led to a renewed persecution against a keystone species of the region’s ecosystem. They also object to the state’s permissibility of killing wolves using night hunting, hounds and bounties, as well as the lack of laws that prohibit hunters from killing pups in their dens.
According to the groups, the number of wolves killed in Idaho is high enough that it could lead to a decline in the population. The reimbursements for hunters and trappers who can receive up $2,500 per wolf killed in certain areas are reminiscent of the main mechanism through which wolves were eradicated in Idaho.
[Interior]Secretary [Deb]Haaland, the U.S. Haaland and the U.S. This is a crisis. There have been hundreds of wolves killed and the next target will be the pups born in April. This isn’t hunting: Idaho is using extensive extermination techniques while claiming that there is no effect on the population.The groups examined Montana’s wolf management and paid special attention to the increase in killing of wolves by hunting units just north of Yellowstone National Park.. After seven of its members were killed by Yellowstone’s management units, the park service now considers one pack, called the Phantom Lake Pack, to be removed. In January, the Associated Press reported: 20 wolves who lived mainly within the Yellowstone National Park boundaries were killedMontana, Wyoming, Idaho, and most importantly, Montana hunters and trappers.
Secretary Haaland, the U.S. The Secretary Haaland and the U.S.
Suzanne Asha Stone is the executive director of International Wildlife Coexistence Network
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has halted wolf trapping and hunting in southwest Montana’s Region Three since February 17. This was after the state Fish and Wildlife Commissions decision that the season would be closed once 82 wolves have been killed. This threshold was established last summer by the commission when it established wolf hunting regulations to be used in the 2021-2022 season.
The petitioners claim that the actual wolf harvest in Region Three was higher than this threshold. 86 wolves were killed in southwest Montana by hunters and trappers. (According to FWPs Wolf Harvest Dashboard85 wolves were killed in Region 3. The fact that some wolf management groups span two regions could explain the difference in totals. Tuesday afternoon saw 252 wolves killed in Montana. Montana’s hunting and trapping season will end March 15..
The USFWS and FWP didn’t immediately respond to our requests for comment Tuesday afternoon.
The petition was signed by the International Wildlife Coexistence Network (Wallah Watersheds Coalition), WildEarth Guardians and Endangered Species Coalition (Wyoming Untrapped), Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, 06 Legacy, Center for a Humane Economy (Center for a Humane Economy)
USFWS has received petitions from more than six dozen organizations asking them to relist wolves in the protected species list. After receiving two petitions for emergency relisting earlier in the year, one that was dated September 2007, the agency announced that it would begin a status review. 26 May, and another dated July 29. The review is expected conclude this summer.
In a Feb. 7 USA Today editorial,Haaland stated that she is committed to ensuring that wild wolves have the conservation science and law requires. She is also committed to keeping communities safe, and reducing conflict between ranchers.
Haaland expressed concern at reports that wolves were killed when they ventured outside Yellowstone National Park boundaries. He also said that the Interior Department had informed state officials that such actions could jeopardize decades of federal-state partnerships that have resulted in the successful recovery of gray wolves from the northern Rockies.
Haaland stated that USFWS will reinstate federal protections of the Endangered species Act for the northern Rocky Mountains graywolf. She also noted that the agency can instate temporary protections up to 240 days if science shows that there is a significant threat to the well-being or survival of the species.
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