Bush and Bangs vs. the Wolves--Again

by Stephanie Ernst · 2008-10-28 19:11:00 +1030
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Did you read about this over the past weekend? I was first alerted to it by Treehugger: One More Time with Feeling: Bush Administration Renews Efforts to Remove Gray Wolf from Protected List.

From the Washington Post article:

Having lost in court this summer in a legal battle with conservationists, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to reopen for public comment its 2007 proposal to delist the wolves.

"The position of the service is, we think the wolves no longer need the protection of the Endangered Species Act. We're asking the public to weigh in to that," Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator for Fish and Wildlife, said in an interview yesterday. . . .

"We'll take whatever time we need to do a good science-based decision."

Yes, I'm sure.

From the NRDC Switchboard: "When Will They Ever Learn?"

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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