more wolves
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chelidonI've long thought in my wilder moments that one of the things the world really needs is more wolves.
Well here ya go. Or rather, here I go. And having done some work around this one, I am very pleased, though if it goes as well as I hope, I may well go ahead and get a couple of Irish Wolfhounds if and when we get livestock here ;> We do already have coyotes about, and they tend to be significantly bigger here than further south and west, because the niche which used to be filled by the wolves has been mostly empty. Not for long, tho'...
Environmentalists Declare Victory Over Judge's Order To Step Up Wolf Preservation Efforts in Northeast
August 22, 2005 — By David Gram, Associated Press
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A federal judge Friday ordered the Bush administration to step up efforts to restore the gray wolf to four northeastern states, a ruling environmentalists called a major victory.
"The wolves are howlin'" in celebration, said Patrick Parenteau, director of the environmental law clinic at Vermont Law School.
Judge J. Garvan Murtha found that the Department of the Interior violated federal law in 2003 when it issued a rule saying no further efforts to restore the wolf were needed. The ruling covers Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York state.
(Full article)
Well here ya go. Or rather, here I go. And having done some work around this one, I am very pleased, though if it goes as well as I hope, I may well go ahead and get a couple of Irish Wolfhounds if and when we get livestock here ;> We do already have coyotes about, and they tend to be significantly bigger here than further south and west, because the niche which used to be filled by the wolves has been mostly empty. Not for long, tho'...
Environmentalists Declare Victory Over Judge's Order To Step Up Wolf Preservation Efforts in Northeast
August 22, 2005 — By David Gram, Associated Press
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A federal judge Friday ordered the Bush administration to step up efforts to restore the gray wolf to four northeastern states, a ruling environmentalists called a major victory.
"The wolves are howlin'" in celebration, said Patrick Parenteau, director of the environmental law clinic at Vermont Law School.
Judge J. Garvan Murtha found that the Department of the Interior violated federal law in 2003 when it issued a rule saying no further efforts to restore the wolf were needed. The ruling covers Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York state.
(Full article)
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Date: 2005-08-23 12:48 am (UTC)