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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation weighs in; wolves kill 120 sheep near Dillon

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A couple of recent events turned the heat up another notch on the wolf hunt debate.

With exceptionally bad timing, a local wolf pack killed 120 sheep in one night on a ranch near Dillon earlier this month. Also, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is taking the highly unusual step of filing a “friend of the court” brief in favor of the Montana and Idaho wolf hunts as part of the hearing in front of Judge Molloy Monday.

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Wolves kill 120 sheep at ranch near Dillon

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation joins legal fracas to support wolf hunting in Montana, Idaho

Activists sue to block wolf hunt

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As expected, a coalition of wolf advocates sued to block the Montana and Idaho wolf hunts Thursday. As posted on the Missoulian’s web site . . .

A coalition of wolf advocates filed a request to block wolf hunting seasons in Idaho and Montana on Thursday afternoon in Missoula’s federal district court.

“Because Idaho Fish and Game delayed its decision on setting the mortality level until the last minute, we’re filing for injunctive relief at the last moment,” said EarthJustice attorney Jenny Harbine. “It could be that Idaho would start (its wolf hunting season) before we’re able to get a remedy.”

The coalition is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in order to reverse the federal agency’s decision removing the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act in Montana and Idaho. Both states set up 2009 hunting seasons for wolves, with Idaho’s hunt beginning Sept. 1 in some regions. The earliest part of Montana’s season will start Sept. 15.

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