Idaho lawmaker wants to give wolves away

From the Idaho Statesman:

One Idaho lawmaker has a novel idea for managing the state's wolf population: Give the animals away to other states. Sen. Gary Schroeder, R-Moscow, has introduced legislation to require the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to contact other states about taking Idaho wolves. The Senate Resources and Environment Committee voted unanimously to send the bill to the full Senate, even though Schroeder doesn't expect other states will accept the animals. "I can't think of any," Schroeder said. "I assume by now they would have contacted us for some or wanting some." Schroeder, who hung a wolf pelt in the meeting room, said this bill is a necessary step in Idaho's continuing fight to have the wolves removed from the federal endangered species list and put under state control. He said the wolves are a threat to other game animals. "We have to protect the elk here and get rid of some wolves," Schroeder said. "All of us have constituents who want us to do something about wolves. We can't just ignore it, or otherwise they'll send someone else down here who will do something about wolves."

Obama wants to redistribute the wealth, and Idaho wants to redistribute the wolves.