Apparently still traumatized by their experiences reading Little Red Riding Hood as children, 8 members of Congress have introduced a bill called the State Sovereignty Wildlife Management Act. The sole purpose of HR 6485 is to render any listing of wolves as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act legally irrelevant.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Read an informative post here.
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Pity for the poor wolves who are “non-essential” – Only eating what they must to survive. Yet, let’s look at the average American plate to see what is NOT “essential”… Had at the cost of the lives of “predator” wolves.
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