Wolves delisted Again 3/06/2009 URGENT
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- Photos courtesy of http://www.all-about-wolves.com For those of you who are unaware of this, the new Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has delisted the wolves in Western Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountain states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Utah as of March 6th, 2009. Wyoming will be added as soon as some details are worked out. This means that the lives of 1,000 wolves are now in jeopardy from the ranching and hunting communities. This should come as no surprise if you have visited Ken Salazar's bio page at the Department of the Interior's website where he says that he has been a champion of farmers and ranchers throughout his career. His family has operated a "farm" named El Rancho Salazar for 30 years. If you know anything about those who raise livestock you are well aware of the war they rage against any and all predators at a cost of $42 million tax dollars a year. Livestock mortality due to predation (by all predators including bears, cougars, coyotes, wolverines, wolves and birds of prey) constitutes 3%. Of that 3% predation, wolf kills comprise between 1 and 2 % or .0015% of total deaths. The other 97% of livestock mortality is due to natural causes such as disease, birthing complications, weather, etc. Additionally, there are funds set up to repay ranchers for any proven wolf kills. Grazing their livestock on our public lands costs the taxpayers $350 million per year just to manage it. In return the BLM receives $1.35 per cow and calf pair (per month) for that pair to graze on YOUR land. You can't feed a house cat for that. Cattle grazed on our public lands produce 3% of the total national beef production each year. In the process they are turning our public lands into deserts. Last year Defenders of Wildlife brought suit in District Court to stop the massacre of wolves after the delisting by the former Bush Administration. Now, Defenders of Wildlife and the Humane Society of the United States are again trying to save these wolves, but the prognosis doesn't look good. If we can't stop t
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