Feds to remove gray wolf from endangered list
January 29, 2007

BY KATHLEEN GRAY

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

After 30 years of federal protection, wolves in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are no longer considered endangered.

Conservation efforts since the wolves came dangerously close to extinction in the early 70s have paid off and built the population to 434 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and 30 on Isle Royale. The populations in Wisconsin and Minnesota also have grown dramatically since the wolves were put on the endangered species list in 1974.

One of the readers comments at the end of the story just cracked me up:
tootsie

Who needs a bunch of wild animals?
Stick a few in zoos so we can look at those oddities.
That's enough.

We have plenty of cows & sheep. They are all-purpose animals.
You can pet them, eat them, and don't have to be afraid of them.
Perfect creatures for the 21st century in a country with limited space.

The Republican appointees are doing an excellent job!!

So like when does the season for them open up??