Inside today’s Times: the Humane Society, salmon, wolves and animal rights
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In today’s L.A. Times:
Carla Hall profiles Wayne Pacelle, chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States:
In the four years since the 42-year-old vegan -- he neither eats nor wears animal products -- ascended to the top spot at the Humane Society, Pacelle has retooled a venerable organization seen as a mild-mannered protector of dogs and cats into an aggressive interest group flexing muscle in state legislatures and courtrooms.
Eric Bailey reports on vindication but no relief for imperiled steelhead salmon, steelhead:
A federal judge struck a largely symbolic blow for imperiled salmon and steelhead Friday, declaring that the state’s vast water-export system is putting the fish at risk but rejecting environmentalists’ key demands for change.
Tami Abdollah reports that protections for wolves have been reinstated:
Gray wolves in the northern Rockies regained endangered-species protections Friday when a federal judge in Montana granted a preliminary injunction to environmentalists, who had challenged the wolves’ delisting.U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials announced in February that gray wolves would be removed from the endangered species list after what they termed a successful 20-year effort to reestablish the wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Environmentalists sued.The judge’s ruling nullifies plans by Montana, Wyoming and Idaho to hold wolf hunts this fall.
And finally, David Savage reports on a setback for the animal rights movement.