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The Idaho Fish and Game Commission decided yesterday to extend its wolf hunt in more hunting units across the state through March 31, or until each hunting zone reaches its quota. This decision puts Idaho's wolf population at even further risk than it is already from the premature wolf hunt that Idaho and Montana implemented before wolves are fully recovered in the Northern Rockies. The following is a statement by Suzanne Stone, Northern Rockies representative for Defenders of Wildlife.  

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today over the agency's failure to respond to a scientific petition to list the Mexican gray wolf as "endangered" separate from other gray wolves nationwide. "The Mexican gray wolf has fallen through the cracks and is receiving insufficient protection," said Michael Robinson of the Center. "Timely action is essential. We hope the government will acknowledge the strong science we submitted

The Mexican gray wolf has fallen through the cracks and is receiving insufficient protection   -Michael Robinson

 

Talk about bearing a grudge! Even though wolves were extirpated from Colorado in the 1930s, yellow-bellied marmots there still fear them, a recent study shows. Foxes, coyotes, and mountain lions all think marmots make a nice meal.  

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) Jamestown officials are still considering whether to have a dog park, after talking about it for more than four years. Opponents worry about noise, smell, traffic and children's safety. Officials in Fargo, Bismarck, Minot and Grand Forks say they heard those same fears.  

AS far back as "Father Knows Best," television has been an unintentional teaching aid for parents. To watch Mike and Carol Brady labor tirelessly to boost Jan's wobbly self-esteem, or Cliff and Clair Huxtable corral Denise's rebellious impulses with affection and wisdom, was to learn how to raise happy, healthy children. After all those hours in front of the set, you couldn't help but absorb the lessons.

for thousands of years, the elder has always been the pack leader, it's never the child   -Cesar Millan

 

A Gold Bar-area couple have pleaded guilty to six counts each of felony animal cruelty in the wake of a January raid that rescued more than 150 dogs. Jason and Serenna Larsen entered their pleas Friday in Snohomish County Superior Court. Sentencing was set for Jan. 25.  

A coyote attack on a bike trail in the city's Interbay neighborhood has some residents fearing for its return. The coyote was spotted on a walking path along Elliott Bay on Wednesday just moments before it attacked a dog. "He wasn't going to give up," said Adzani Hunter, who works near the Terminal 91 bike path.  

The couple whose January arrest exposed a two-county puppy mill with hundreds of dogs living in squalid conditions pleaded guilty Friday to six counts each of first-degree animal cruelty. Jason and Serenna Larsen, of Sultan, admitted in Snohomish County Superior Court that they had starved or dehydrated six dogs and as a result caused substantial pain and suffering. Deputies had seized 160 puppies and breeding dogs, many emaciated and without adequate food or water, from a Gold Bar home.  

We first brought you the story of "Roo" about two weeks ago. It seems that her owner abandoned her, most likely because she was born without her two front legs. The little pup, now eight-weeks-old, has won the heart of everyone she's met, including all of the folks at the Arizona Humane Society .