Hope abounds for canids

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Great news from Washington: Gray wolves have been put back on the Endangered Species List. Fish and Wildlife were forced to admit that their original decision was not based on sound science. (Gee, ya think)? At least the bamboozling we would have gotten from Bush has been replaced by a moticum of reason. The news isn't all bad: Salazar has made a few good conservation decisions, about which I plan to post.

The Feds did this as a settlement to a lawsuit brought by some of the best conservation groups in our country. It's not all good news for the wolves - the individual states still plan to hunt them. But we'll keep up the fight. And it's a decent sign from the White House. I'll keep you guys updated.

Here are the links to the conservation groups who made this happen. Feel free to send them gobs of money. (Or just $25 gets you a membership. Worth giving to groups who protect our planet and our wildlife). This is a partial list, I'm still researching exactly who brought the lawsuit. I think it is all listed below:

Center for Biological Diversity

Humane Society of the United States

NRDC

FATE (Friends of Animals offshoot - one of my new favorite organizations).

Earthjustice