The nonprofit has been having students at east Idaho schools fill out forms of what products they need, in an effort to provide a three-month supply to last over the summer break.
The grey wolf was once nearly hunted to extinction in the U.S. until the federal government put it on the endangered species list in 1974. 20 years later, it was successfully reintroduced to Idaho and Yellowstone. As pack numbers grew, the gray wolf was taken off the list. But more than 50 wildlife groups are worried it may face endangerment again from expanded hunting. William Brangham reports.
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The reintroduction of the gray wolf in America is considered one of the great conservation victories of recent decades.
But now more than 50 wildlife groups are asking the federal government to put the wolves back on the endangered species list.
Rigby Middle School teacher awarded for heroism Published
Rigby Middle School teacher awarded for heroism
RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI) - Krista Gneiting, the teacher who disarmed and comforted the school shooter at Rigby Middle School, is being honored.
She was presented with the Idaho flag that was flown over the capitol and a certificate was signed by Governor Brad Little, Senator Van Burtenshaw and Representative Rod Furniss for her heroic actions. She saved countless lives including the young shooter while putting her own at risk, Furniss said.
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Petition to Stop Idaho s Wolf Massacre Hits 80k Signatures
On 5/7/21 at 9:45 AM EDT
The petition calls for supporters to, Help protect wolves and end the United States War on Wolves.
The Idaho State Senate approved a bill to allow the killing of 90 percent of Idaho s 1,500 wolves on April 21, and it passed the State House of Representatives on April 27. Ranchers say that the wolves attack cattle, sheep, and wildlife, costing them thousands of dollars a year.
Senator Mark Harris, a rancher who sponsored the bill, said during debates at the Senate in April: These wolves, there s too many in the state of Idaho now. We re supposed to have 15 packs, 150 wolves. They re destroying ranchers. They re destroying wildlife. This is a needed bill.
New bill would allow for 90 percent of wolves in the state to be killed
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For the Idaho legislature, it seems, the only good wolf is a dead wolf.
In late April, the Idaho legislature passed a bill that would allow hunters to kill up to 90 percent of Idaho’s wolf population. The legislation is now awaiting Governor Brad Little’s signature. If signed into law, hunters and trappers will be able to kill as many wolves as they d like without restrictions.
The Idaho legislature’s savagery does not stop at doing away with hunting limits. The law would permit hunters to run down wolves with motorized vehicles and hunt in the dark using night-vision equipment (nearly all states restrict hunting to daylight hours). It would also extend the trapping season on private property to year-round, even during the breeding season, and allow hunters to trap or shoot as many animals as they want on a single tag. The law would also allow