[ProudVet77]

Figures that clintoon would be behind a predator.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Damn good thing enviros weren't around during the time of the dinosaur.

[76834]

Shoot, Shovel, Shut Up

[Ciexyz]

btt

[FreeKeys]

Well, when the Yellowstone caldera blows again, they'll be on the verge of extinction again.

[AndyStevenson]

I actually think this was one of Bubba's better moves.

Ironically, he's on CNN now talking about "peoples of faith."

[Trteamer]

Predator Conservation Alliance. "We launched a pilot project (in which volunteers) accompany the cows as they move along their summer pastures,"

ROTFLMAO! "Hey Mr. Rancher, were from the PCA and are here to accompany your cows."

[philman_36]

LOL! You've GOT to read this 2001 article...
Gray wolves encroaching on ranches
A small snippet that compares to this "current" article...
The 31 wolves released in Yellowstone in 1995-96 have grown to 164 animals in 16 packs. Another 34 let loose in the central Idaho wilderness have expanded to 185 wolves.
From this "current" article about four years later...From just 14 when the program began, the population has risen to 165 wolves in 15 packs in Yellowstone, a 3,472-square-mile expanse that lies mostly in Wyoming. Including those that have migrated outside the park, their number stands at about 850.
So if the numbers haven't changed from the 2001 article...164/165 wolves in 15/16 packs, 185 to 850...wait a second...oh yeah, in Yellowstone.
Oh well, government numbers never seem to add up anyway.
Move along, nothing to see here. (especially lots of wolves)

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

[RayChuang88]

I think the reason they're relaxing the rules for taking out gray wolves outside Yellowstone National Park boundaries is the fact conservation groups ended up paying around US$541,000 to compensate ranchers for cattle and sheep kills by the wolves. I don't think the conservation groups can keep such high level of conpensation for long, so....

[joesnuffy]

"The area just cried out for wolves. We knew if we could just get them in they'd be successful," Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said.

The pioneers and early settlers turning over in their graves...they spent their lives getting rid of all the predators...two and four legged to raise their crops, livestock and children in safety and prosperity...and these morons are proud of bringing them back to pray on humans...

molon labe

[Names Ash Housewares]

Make it work people. Theres room on this earth for everyone. There is nothing wrong with compromise. We dont do these things because we are made to do so, we do so because we choose to show humility before the forces of this earth, and can preserve what this country was once like for Americans not born yet.

[Restorer]

As the gray wolf hovered on the brink of extinction a decade ago, U.S. officials embarked on a controversial plan to open the vast refuge of Yellowstone National Park to the pack-based predators in the hopes of rebuilding the species.

What a maroon!

The species was doing just fine, as it was plentiful throughout Canada and Alasks, not to mention northern Eurasia.

It was merely rare in the continental US, south of the artificial boundary of the 49th parallel.

News flash! The gray wolf is extinct on Manhattan Island. The species is endangered.

[doc11355]

As the gray wolf hovered on the brink of extinction a decade ago, U.S. officials embarked on a controversial plan to open the vast refuge of Yellowstone National Park to the pack-based predators in the hopes of rebuilding the species...

The Clinton administration 10 years ago this month released gray wolves imported from Canada...

If the gray wolf is "on the verge of extinction", how come we can import them from Canada?

[Patsygirl]

Wonderful to hear! Did anyone read the book, "The Loop"? It was the most rewarding story about the wolves in MT and is well worth one's time. I highly recommend it.

[nightdriver]

"The area just cried out for wolves. We knew if we could just get them in they'd be successful," Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said.

We need to lock a few of these in ol' Bangs' house with him. We'll see if he calls that "successful."