Big Victory for wolves

For Immediate Release
July 18, 2008
Contact(s) Suzanne Asha Stone, (208)424-9385 (office), (208)861-4655 (cell) Erin McCallum, (202)772-3217
District Judge reverses gray wolf delisting throughout Northern Rockies
Judge Molloy acknowledges unreasonable threat to wolf population under current plans; states that USFWS acted prematurely by delisting wolves despite scientific evidence
MISSOULA, Mont. – Today, Judge Donald Molloy of the U.S. District Court in Missoula granted a preliminary injunction placing gray wolves in the Northern Rockies region back under federal protection until a court case challenging the removal of wolves from the federal list of endangered species is decided. Below is a statement by Suzanne Asha Stone, northern Rockies wolf conservation specialist for Defenders of Wildlife, regarding today’s announcement.
“We’re very pleased with today’s decision to restore federal protections to wolves in the Northern Rockies until the ongoing case is ultimately decided by Judge Molloy. This is a very important first step, since it stops the continued and almost indiscriminate killing of wolves under the states’ management plans that could have put the long-term recovery of the wolf at risk.
“The delisting of wolves was inappropriate and illegal in large part because existing state management plans are inadequate to ensure the long term conservation of wolves in the region, allowing far too many wolves to be unnecessarily killed. Responsible, balanced management by the states would benefit wolves, ranchers, hunters and all Northern Rockies residents. While the court continues to weigh our challenge to the delisting decision, we will continue to work to improve the current state plans so that they maintain a healthy wolf population.”
Learn more about how Defenders is working to save wolves.
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Earthjustice filed the lawsuit on behalf of Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, The Humane Society of the United States, Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Friends of the Clearwater, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands Project, Western Watersheds Project, and Wildlands Project.

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Shy Wolf Sanctuary update July5/2008

Yesterday I went to Shy Wolf Sanctuary in Naples to do my volunteer job as a handler and photographer and the month of June we had two bad news. Nancy Smith owner of the Sanctuary her mother past away.Our deepest sympathy for your lost of your mother, Sincerely Claude and Cristina Desrochers. And also we lost our beautiful beloved wolf Tushka.

Life as go on I meet some new volunteers and spend some fun afternoon.I meet Deanna, Sue and Valerie great volunteers there are all the time taking care of the animals and Kathy she came back from a cruise of Bahamas, Kathy she is my mentor she teach me everythings from wolves behavior to clean they enclosure great person. Yuki the young wolf had a new enclosure the one from Tushka bigger and a new female wolf Mia. He had less behaviors more calm and more fun to watch. I was able to take pictures of Chokowa brother of Tien and Indy. I just wait to go back is just fun to be close and personal with those animals. Every body enjoy to do their jobs as a volunteers.

Pictures #1/2.. Valerie volunteer with Chokowa wolf

Picture #3.. Kathy volunteer with Nikipa wolfdog

Picture #4.. Yuki young wolf