...drip, drip, drip.......>CWII
What ARE the wishes of the public?
Were their ballot initiatives in those states?
Or was it votes of political “representatives”?
An Idaho Wolf Regulation initiative was proposed as an initiative for the November 4, 2008 ballot in Idaho, but the measure did not qualify for the ballot. The initiative, an initiated state statute, would have required the discontinuance by state agencies of all wolf recovery efforts and the removal by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game of all wolves reintroduced into Idaho from Canada. It would have put the responsibility of removing wolves in the hands of the federal government.
If the initiative had passed, it also would have:
*Required classification and management of wolves as unprotected predatory wildlife
*Compensated for damage on personal property damage by wolves held in captivity or that have escaped from captivity.
*Repealed authority of wolf management from the Governor's office of species conservation
*Rescinded approval of the Idaho wolf conservation and management plan
The Anti-Wolf coalition, a nonprofit grassroots coalition, were the proponents of the initiative. The group's view was that wolves should be removed from Idaho by any means necessary.
The group "Save Our Elk" also supported the measure, with their leader, Tony Mayer saying that they are not approaching the issue from an anti-wolf standpoint like the coalition run by Ron Gillett, but that they are "defending the elk".