Action alert for those who think wolves should be allowed to thrive in the United States. Our illustrious Federal Government has proposed taking gray wolves off the Endangered Species list, letting state fish and wildlife agencies “care” for them. Here’s how that’s done:

For instance, most of the nearly 1,700 wolves surviving in the West lived in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming at the end of 2012. Those states now have recreational hunting and trapping seasons, and in the past two years, nearly 1,200 wolves have been killed. Nearly 400 more were killed for attacking livestock.

There are about 83 days left for public comment at the Federal Register where you can leave your thoughts about this policy.

I really don’t get this. Fish and Wildlife has spent years trying to build up breeding populations of wolves in their former ranges, and with this decision it may destroy all that work in no time at all. Trusting state Fish and Wildlife agencies to protect predator species is farcical. Those agencies are much closer to local fishing, hunting and ranching interests than the Feds are, so they’re much more likely to bend decisions in favor of those interests. See those horrific statistics cited above. This is just stupid.