New effort made to delist gray wolf

[YankeyMCC]

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WASHINGTON - The Bush Administration is trying again to take the gray wolf of the Northern Rockies off the federal endangered species list.

Having lost in court this summer in a legal battle with conservationists, the US Fish & Wildlife Service has decided to reopen for public comment a proposal to delist the wolves, currently considered endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/10/25/new_effort_made_to_delist_gray_wolf/

[Tunkamerica]

1. At least they're doing something....

I never got the need to be expedient taking endangered species off the list. Especially those that aren't hunted for food. Are there really so many people itching to start killing grey wolves again? And, if so, why? And, even if there are a LOT of people who are... aren't there more important things to be focusing on?

[Rancid Crabtree]

2. It will never happen...

...has any species been removed once it made the list? So what's the right thing to do...give control back to the states on the matter, to the people affected the most by it...or to keep it in federal hands, far removed from those directly involved?...I dunno, don't they eliminate problems wolves now?...there was one killed here in the U.P. not long ago...one that had some sort of injury to a leg...one that had moved into the area around town...living under porches...and further south, a female moose was shot after entering town with two calves...the public frantically following, trying to get close to something new and different...the moose trying to keep her calves safe...dodging well-meaning (?) but ignorant folk...but I'll say it again, it will never happen, hasn't been done before, is unlikely to happen now.

[happyslug]

4. Seven animals have been removed, and marked as Recovered

11 were entered in error and Seven are now extinct, but Seven have recovered.

1. Alligators
2. Brown Pelican (Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf population)
3. Rydberg Milk-Vetch
4. Arctic Peregrine Falcon
5. Peregrine Falcon
6. Aleutian Canada Goose
7. Cinquefoil Robbins'

http://www.nesarc.org/delist.htm

[Rancid Crabtree]

5. Thank you for the info...

...I didn't know...and the list is from 2003...wonder if there have been any updates since then?

[happyslug]

6. More recent list, this time from Fish and Wildlife Service:

http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/DelistingReport.do

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/factsheets/listing.pdf

Listed species:
http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/wildlife.html#Species


http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/StateListing.do?state=all

The following animals have also been removed, most of the difference seems to be the addition of animals in Foreign countries then additions (Some American exceptions are the Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone only and the Bald Eagle among other animals in the US). Some foreign animals on on the list, for example the Kangaroos.

Additions to the above FWS list of de-listed animals do to recovery:
Bear, grizzly Yellowstone DPS (Ursus arctos horribilis)
Deer, Columbian white-tailed Douglas County DPS (Odocoileus virginianus leucurus)
Dove, Palau ground (Gallicolumba canifrons)
Eagle, bald lower 48 States (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Flycatcher, Palau fantail (Rhipidura lepida)
Kangaroo, eastern gray (Macropus giganteus)
Kangaroo, red (Macropus rufus)
Kangaroo, western gray (Macropus fuliginosus)
Monarch, Tinian (old world flycatcher) (Monarcha takatsukasae)
Owl, Palau (Pyrroglaux podargina)
Squirrel, Virginia northern flying (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus)
Sunflower, Eggert's (Helianthus eggertii)
Whale, gray except where listed (Eschrichtius robustus)
Woolly-star, Hoover's (Eriastrum hooveri)

[Omnibus]

3. To be fair, they HAVE to take it off the list.

They need to make room for the Republican elephant.