Feds Reject Wyoming's Wolf Kill Plan - AP

Feds Reject Wyoming's Wolf Kill Plan


Saturday February 10, 2007 3:46 AM

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By BEN NEARY

Associated Press Writer

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials
want to manage the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species
list in five other states, federal officials said Friday.

Top state officials vowed to keep fighting the federal government in court over wolf
management issues.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected a state proposal to allow the killing of some
wolves to protect the state's elk herds. The agency wants to take wolves off the protected
list in Wyoming, too, but not if the state insists on culling its population, according to a
letter to state leaders from Wildlife Service Director Dale Hall.

"I think what the letter is telling the state is that the Fish and Wildlife Service has gone as
far as we can possibly go on this," said Mitch King, the agency's regional director.

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