Endangered Species Act: Only Obstacle to Annihilation of Wolves: Idaho shows what will happen if Endangered Species Act is altered and give states control. An article by Andrea Santarsiere in the Idaho Statesman is revealing about how states unconstrained by a robust Federal Endangered Species Act would do if the law is “defanged” as appears likely. She reports that Idaho is considering allowing “baiting” so that more wolves can be killed. The “problem” that this change is to address concerns the fact that the number of wolves killed by hunters was down to 256 in both 2014 and 2015 compared with 356 killed in 2013. She notes that the logical conclusion about the decrease is that the wolf population has declined in a major way. She also reports that State wildlife officials will cease “monitoring wolf populations”—they don’t want to provide evidence of the decline of wolves in the state. Although surveys even in conservative Western states like Idaho show strong overall support for predators like wolves and grizzlies, the truth is that wildlife (these states only care about “game”) “management” (i.e., killing) is dominated by a coalition of ranchers, hunters, and extractive industries)—they control the State “game departments” and wildlife “advisory” committees—this coalition “calls the shots.” It is only the Federal Endangered Species Act that stands between them and the annihilation of wolves. Check out the article at: http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article167907557.html
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6/11/2019 09:01:35 pm
People tend not to care until it is too late. That's why if we know that there is something that we can do, let us exert an effort to make several changes and protect those who needs to be protected. The truth tells that there are thousands of animals who are now considered as endangered species. It's sad because people are to be blamed for this, we are one of the reasons why such thing is happening. But we also need to empower ourselves by knowing that we can also be part of the solution, and the time is now!
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