Yesterday—after nearly two years of Earthjustice litigation—a federal judge ruled that Wyoming wolves must once again be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Today, it is no longer legal in Wyoming to shoot wolves on sight, chase them down with vehicles, or gas wolf pups in their dens—all of which were permissible under Wyoming’s flawed wolf management scheme. In 2012, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bowed to political pressure and turned its back on Wyoming’s gray wolves, eliminating federal protections and opening most of the state to unconditional shooting, gassing, and trapping of wolves and their pups under Wyoming law. Since that delisting, 219 wolves have been killed in Wyoming, including wolves that ranged across the border of Yellowstone National Park into Wyoming’s jurisdiction to the dismay of park researchers and public wildlife lovers. But thanks to people like you, my team and I fought in court—representing Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Biological Diversity, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club free of charge—to make sure that law and science, not politics, decides the fate of a species. And yesterday, we won! Time and time again the courts have been the last, best line of defense for wolves. And only Earthjustice has the legal expertise and track record needed to protect wolves.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:16:58 +0000
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