“Endangered species” have to be native to the area——these rodents aren’t.
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They are now!
“Endangered species” have to be native to the area”
Wild burros are endangered and they are not Native to the area. Praying mantises are protected and they were brought from South America. There’s a host of other animals that have been brought here and somehow are considered endangered or have become protected.
I had this same argument with an environmental law professor during an environmental law class that I was taking when I was a Contracting Technical Representative. I brought it up once, I bought it up twice and finally my friend Jerry said “look we want to get out of here at 4 I know it as ridiculous as this professor sounds It’s not going to change. So shut up and we can all get out of here in a timely manner and have supper.”
That was my education on the subject and it was also a demonstration by the professor of how stupid laws are made and defended tooth-and-nail.
Not in Idaho. A couple of years ago Canadian Wolves were introduced into Idaho to replace the depleted number of "Endangered Gray Wolves". The new wolf population has increased at an alarming rate, depleting deer and elk herds dramatically. Hunting them is now legal and tags are only $11.
P.S. They are not good eating, no matter how you fix them.