The Arizona House has passed a bill that would strip state wildlife officials of the authority to stop the killing of Mexican gray wolves in certain circumstances.
The Arizona House has passed a bill that would strip state wildlife officials of the authority to stop the killing of Mexican gray wolves
The bill's opponents say the state already follows those rules and that setting limits on killing Mexican wolves is something state regulators haven’t tried to do. Adding to the confusion, Cook said the law would stay in place if and when Mexican wolves are delisted and management returns to the state.
Sandy Bahr is the state director for the Sierra Club's Grand Canyon chapter. Her group, along with other conservation groups, opposes the bill. A coalition of organizations, which includes the Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, and the White Mountain Conservation League, sent a letter urging representatives and senators to reject the bill. Bahr says at the very least, the duplicative nature of the bill causes confusion among the public.
More recently, along the southern border, a male wolf known as Mr. Goodbar was illegally shot. While his wounds weren’t fatal, the injury resulted in the amputation of one of his legs. Noting the damage that poaching poses to Mexican wolf recovery, an October court order directed USFWS to do more to prevent the illegal killing of the imperiled species.Conservationists say Cook's bill could potentially do the opposite, which is the second issue they have with the measure.
"It's ... frequently done to promote controversial bills," Bahr said of strike-through amendments. Lawmakers"introduce these bills that are referred to as 'vehicle bills' and that means the only reason the bill was introduced is to have a vehicle to do one of these strike-everything amendments. So there was no reason for this bill, other than to strike it for another bill.
The San Carlos Apache Tribe's reservation is situated in the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area. Tribal Chairman Terry Rambler wrote a letter to representatives, in the House and Senate, urging them to vote “yes” on the bill due to the perceived effect wolves might have on tribal cattle herds.
in the effort to live with wolves. Such measures include ranger riders, who provide on-the-ground defense to cattle herds; the use of fladry, which are stripes of tape hung on fencing that discourage wolves from entering pens; and proper husbandry methods, such as penning cows at night and using electric fencing.
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