Protection of wolves in Maine debated
06.08.2011
AUGUSTA, Maine — A federal proposal to remove wolves in Midwestern states from the Endangered Species Act is causing alarm in Maine among wildlife advocates who fear the delisting also could end legal protections for wolves in the Northeast — if they exist, that is.
Earlier this spring, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that gray wolf populations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and other Great Lakes states had rebounded to the point where the animals may no longer merit federal protection.
But the proposal to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act list may affect Maine and 28 other states.
“Wolves in the Northeast are not gray wolves,” Mary Parkin, endangered species recovery coordinator for the wildlife service in the Northeast, told an audience on Wednesday night. “They were thought to be gray wolves until very recently. But after looking at genetic data … it appears that we have a different subspecies here.”
That subspecies, according to the agency, is the same type of wolf that still prowls areas of eastern Canada — including just across the border in neighboring Quebec. And right now, the eastern wolf is not listed on the endangered species list, meaning that any wolves that appear in Maine would not be protected.
Representatives of wildlife advocacy groups on Wednesday urged fish and wildlife biologists not to move forward with plans to remove wolves from the list, arguing the changes would remove any protections for the wolves that they believe already live in Maine.
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Re: Protection of wolves in Maine debated
Hm, a debate always seems to arouse when people propose taking wolves off of the endangered species list. Thanks for sharing this, Selene. :]
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How about we find evidence of wolves in Maine before becoming worried about removing protections from them?
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No kidding - when I saw the title I was like "What?"Canidae wrote:How about we find evidence of wolves in Maine before becoming worried about removing protections from them?
I mean really.. I think they are becoming a bit too worried.
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I think "paranoid" is the word your looking for. :]Koa wrote:No kidding - when I saw the title I was like "What?"Canidae wrote:How about we find evidence of wolves in Maine before becoming worried about removing protections from them?
I mean really.. I think they are becoming a bit too worried.
Thanks for the share, Selene!
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Re: Protection of wolves in Maine debated
They are defiantly... paranoid about this.wolfoflegend wrote:I think "paranoid" is the word your looking for. :]Koa wrote:No kidding - when I saw the title I was like "What?"Canidae wrote:How about we find evidence of wolves in Maine before becoming worried about removing protections from them?
I mean really.. I think they are becoming a bit too worried.
Thanks for the share, Selene!
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Thanks for sharing this Selene!
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