Wildlife Advocates Sue Feds for Trapping, Relocating, and Killing Problem Grizzliesby angelamontana

The Extinction Chronicles

Posted: January 24, 2023

https://www.montanaoutdoor.com/2023/01/wildlife-advocates-sue-feds-for-trapping-relocating-and-killing-problem-grizzlies/

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Oh goodness. Have you heard?

On Jan. 18 the Western Environmental Law Center filed alawsuiton behalf of three Montana-based organizations against a smattering of federal land and wildlife management agencies and officials. Their complaint? Euthanizing or relocating problem grizzly bears actively works against species recovery goals under the Endangered Species Act.

Animal activism organization WildEarth Guardians joined with Trap Free Montana and the Western Watersheds Project, an organization that denounces public-land livestock grazing, as plaintiffs in the suit, which was filed in Montana District Court. They mainly challenge activities of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, commonly known as APHIS. The Wildlife Services branch of APHIS offers predator management assistance out of its state offices, largely for livestock producers.

Dalin Tidwell, director of the Montana state office, is among the defendants named in the suit…

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