Revised plans for red wolves invite public outcry

摘要

The Fish and Wildlife Service wants tracking collars back if monitored red wolves are killed on private properly in North Carolina under a plan whose public review period ends today. After all, those collars cost money. The killings themselves will be allowed, so long as the red wolves have wandered beyond the boundaries of the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and the Dare County Bombing Range. This might happen "on a fairly regular basis," an FWS report predicts. "There would be no need for provisions for removal of red wolves from private lands and no procedures for requesting authorization to take red wolves on private lands, because such take would be explicitly permissible under the regulations," the FWS draft environmental assessment states. And thafs a big reason why some people assail the federal agency's proposal to alter protections for the red wolf in North Carolina IGreenwire. Aug. 10).