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FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2017, file image provided the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a wolf pack is captured by a remote camera in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area in northeast Oregon near the Idaho border. Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republican lawmakers in Idaho and Montana made it much easier to kill the predators. (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File)
By: Cory Kwan
Posted at 10:45 AM, Mar 20, 2024
and last updated 9:45 AM, Mar 20, 2024
IDAHO — On Tuesday, a federal judge issued a ruling preventing Idaho from allowing world trapping and snaring in grizzly bear habitats between March 1 and November 30.
The U.S. District Court decision will stop trapping and snaring in Idaho’s Panhandle, Clearwater, Salmon and Upper Snake regions on both public and private lands to avoid harming grizzly bears during their non-denning season. Grizzlies are protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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“This is such a relief for me and for everyone who cares about grizzlies and wolves,” said Collette Adkins, carnivore conservation director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The court recognized that trapping’s just not legal when it can end up causing agonizing pain and injury to endangered animals. This is a common-sense ruling that will make grizzly bears and other wildlife safer from traps that are inherently cruel.”
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