I am re blogging Becky Elgin’s 2015 Wolf Year in Review, from Wolves and Writing.
Rogue Pack pups, John Stephenson photo credit
Once again, I’ve compiled wolf news highlights for the past year. This is a challenging task and I’m sure there are many news worthy events that I’ve missed. Feel free to add events in the comment section. I appreciate your help! Thanks to Defenders of Wildlife, Oregon Wild and Wally Sykes for their posts on wolf news. This has made my work much easier. For an update specific to Great Lakes wolves read Rachel Tilseth’s post on her blog, Wolves of Douglas County. Rick Lamplugh has also written a state by state review of wolves in the lower 48. With all of these offerings, readers have a thorough update on what has been going on, and what is in the future, for Canis lupus.
January 2015: This month marked the twentieth anniversary of the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return…
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![Thursday, June 22, 2017
Court Throws Out Feds' Misguided Policy Limiting Prosecution of Killers of Endangered Wildlife...
The Court held: “…the Court agrees with Plaintiffs that the McKittrick policy is outside the range of prosecutorial authority set out in [the] ESA’s comprehensive conservation scheme because it eviscerates the deterrent effect of the ESA criminal enforcement statutes. In other words, prosecutions prevented by the McKittrick policy result in little to no protection for the Mexican wolf and cause direct and real harm…to this protected species.” Opinion at 11. “The Court’s ruling is a victory for endangered species across the country, but especially for those like the Mexican gray wolf, whose highest cause of mortality is illegal killing,” said Judy Calman, staff attorney for the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance. “This decision is an affirmation of Congress’s intent that endangered species recovery should be the highest priority for federal agencies, and that people who harm listed species should be held accountable under the law” read full story here: http://bit.ly/2rWCXgp
Photo of Mexican Gray Wolf by Fish and Wildlife
#killingendangeredanimals #mexicangraywolf #wildlifeguardians @wildlifeguardian](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/c120.0.330.330/19367892_1494781477252482_5330113925402853376_n.jpg "Thursday, June 22, 2017
Court Throws Out Feds' Misguided Policy Limiting Prosecution of Killers of Endangered Wildlife...
The Court held: “…the Court agrees with Plaintiffs that the McKittrick policy is outside the range of prosecutorial authority set out in [the] ESA’s comprehensive conservation scheme because it eviscerates the deterrent effect of the ESA criminal enforcement statutes. In other words, prosecutions prevented by the McKittrick policy result in little to no protection for the Mexican wolf and cause direct and real harm…to this protected species.” Opinion at 11. “The Court’s ruling is a victory for endangered species across the country, but especially for those like the Mexican gray wolf, whose highest cause of mortality is illegal killing,” said Judy Calman, staff attorney for the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance. “This decision is an affirmation of Congress’s intent that endangered species recovery should be the highest priority for federal agencies, and that people who harm listed species should be held accountable under the law” read full story here: http://bit.ly/2rWCXgp
Photo of Mexican Gray Wolf by Fish and Wildlife
#killingendangeredanimals #mexicangraywolf #wildlifeguardians @wildlifeguardian")
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