Oregon court orders halt to wolf killing

Great news. The Oregon Court of Appeals has granted the request of three conservation groups to temporarily halt the hunt of two wolves in Eastern Oregon.

Governor Kitzhaber should have ordered the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to do this on his own, rather than forcing Cascadia Wildlands, the Center for Biological Diversity and Oregon Wild to step in.

It's crazy that ranchers get compensated for documented wolf kills, yet ODFW also jumps into action as soon as a wolf-hating rancher demands that the last breeding pair in Oregon also be killed.

Crazy, because wolves are more important than cattle. And the Oregon Cattlemen's Association is dedicated to making wolves extinct in this state, not co-existing with them as the Oregon Wolf Plan demands.

Let's give a big Howl! to the Court of Appeals. Hopefully this legal action will lead to ODFW following the law, rather than the "kill them all" agenda of some selfish, anti-environmental ranchers.