Bush Administration and the Wolves: The Battle Continues

categories: Endangered Species, Politics and Law, Wildlife/FreeLiving Animals

Published January 15, 2009 @ 08:59AM PT

Just a week ago, Bush did something uncharacteristically positive for the environment and for animals by creating an expansive marine conservation area (see the list of links at the end of this post for more on that), and he apparently thinks he has to make up for that by going after the wolves--yet again. For the third time, Bush is trying to delist the gray wolves, this time in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Idaho, and Montana.

See the following articles and blog posts:

NRDC Switchboard:

Bush Administration Ignores Wolf Recovery Science—Again

What's the time, Mr. Wolf?

Gray wolves to lose endangered status

LA Times: Bush Administration to Strip Wolves of Federal Protections—Except for Wyoming

Articles and posts on the marine national monuments:

NRDC Switchboard: Bush's New Marine Monuments: The Good, the Bad and Next Steps

TreeHugger: What to Make of Bush's Oceanic Gestures

Gristmill: Oceans of Praise

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Grrr I can't believe that people actually think that ecosystems where wolves live can actually do without wolves.

Posted by Philosophia and Animal Liberation on 01/15/2009 @ 10:07AM PT
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NOOOOOO! For crying out loud, NOOOOO! Bush is a moron! (Shaking my head) Wolves have suffered enough! Humans have done enough nasty things to them, pushing them to the brink of extinction! Continue to protect the wolves! We need them! They are magnificent beautiful creatures to be admired & respected. I love wolves! My dog, Wang-wang, is basically a wolf lying in my living room. I love her, my wolf.

Posted by Jiun Lam on 01/15/2009 @ 07:26PM PT
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Eliminate Nature and her Creatures, and Earth dies. Eliminate Man and his Ego, and Earth flourishes; in balance.

Posted by lisa marie on 01/16/2009 @ 06:21AM PT
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How many days (hours) (minutes) left of Bush in office? George Bush and his friends have done enough damage to so many people, animals and of course to the environment. Will Barack Obama undo some of the damage? Can he if he wanted to?

Terrorist activity towards animals and the environment and people in other countries is the pathetic legacy that Bush leaves behind.....and everyone knows it.

Everyone is waiting for Barack Obama to solve all of the problems created by 8 years of the Bush am-bush, but unfortunately, 4 years is not even nearly enough time to try to fix things.

And what exactly does fixing things do for the world? As a society, we have so many ethical and moral hurdles to get over and these hurdles are the reasons that animal and environmental groups exist. Change can only happen when our leaders are willing to lead people with true ethics and morals, which means discontinuing the terrorization of animals and the environment. People will continue killing people until we address this evil issue of abusing and killing animals and the environment.

Peace to the Animals.
Peace to the Environment.
Peace to the World.

Posted by E C on 01/17/2009 @ 12:29PM PT
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Stephanie is an independent animal rights advocate, a vegan, a tree-hugging environmentalist, and a freelance editor and writer. She lives in St. Louis with an aging corgi-lab and an adolescent rescued pit bull.