Leave the gray wolves alone, Times editorial says
A Times editorial published today asks the Fish and Wildlife Service to re-list the gray wolves of the northern Rockies onto the Endangered Species Act after 35 of the animals have been killed.
"The federal government will not intervene again on the wolves' behalf until their numbers fall as low as 300. Taxpayers will then bear the burden of re-listing the wolves. That's partly why environmentalists have gone to court over the delisting," the editorial states.
"The Fish and Wildlife Service should re-list the wolves until it receives more reasonable management plans from the states involved, and should demand that the population fall no lower than 1,000. The wolves weren't reintroduced to provide target practice for hunters," the editorial says.
Also in today's Opinion section, author Gary Ferguson echoes The Times editorial board's sentiment in a longer piece, calling the decision to remove the wolves from the list "heartless persecution."
--Francisco Vara-Orta
Photo: Jeff Robbins/Associated Press
SAVE THE WOLVES!!! The have the right to live!! You can'tlegalize their killing just because you want to grow you rstupid crops!!
Posted by: Sarah Parker | May 01, 2008 at 05:21 AM
Save the wolves, boycott beef.
Posted by: Justin Forte | May 01, 2008 at 09:56 PM
I hope and pray that the removal of the wolves from The Endangered Species List is overturned.
Posted by: Justin Forte | May 02, 2008 at 10:31 AM
save the wolves.... they're more trustworthy than the politicians ..
Posted by: brainy blonde | May 10, 2008 at 12:51 AM
oh my god you people are so unbeliveable you guys want to move animals that have been there for like ever they have been there probbly longer than i have or any of us have for that matter so if these people dont like it they need to move
Posted by: andi james | January 14, 2009 at 03:43 AM
Save the wolves!!!! I i know I'm only 13 years old but I'm tired of all these bloodspitting rednecks that just want to protect their cattle but are destroying a extremely delicate ecosystem that has survived in this area for hundreds of years and the only reason the wolves are damaging their livestock is because of greedy polititons that are exploring developing land that's not even theirs in the 1st place i also realize that with the rising population and horrible economy we need to expand and create more room but we need to reach a compromise
this is totally unacceptable!
FIGHT ON GRAY WOLVES!
Posted by: joshua jowdy | March 09, 2009 at 10:29 AM
I loooooove wolves!! let them LIVE, let 'em BE!!!!
Posted by: Emilie Eriksen | June 30, 2009 at 05:49 AM
leave them alone or you take it up with me
Posted by: wolfgirl/wolfboy | September 06, 2009 at 01:47 PM
the wolves belong here. they are a part of the food chain just like the elk, moose, bear and buffalo. Stupidity is why they're nearly extinct. Their absence is why there is a problem with the whitetail deer population...no natural predators.
Posted by: Jim Klein | September 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM