Until a few weeks ago, Wayne Pacelle was undecided whether he’d join the fray of lawsuits challenging the federal government’s decision to allow western states to continue managing gray wolves.
Then the news cycle spun toward Sublette County, where local resident Cody Roberts is accused of running down a wolf with a snowmobile on Feb. 29, capturing the critically wounded animal, taping its mouth shut, and showing it off in a bar for hours before finally killing it — actions that have thus far only earned Roberts a $250 fine.
Pacelle, a former CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, made up his mind.
On Tuesday, Pacelle’s new employer, Washington, D.C.-based Animal Wellness Action, and five other groups notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service they intended to sue over wolf jurisdiction.
...This wasn’t the first time the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently learned it was being sued by groups that argue Northern Rockies wolves should regain Endangered Species Act protections. The federal agency, which denied petitions to list the species in February, has already been hit with a separate lawsuit brought by groups that notified the government of their intent immediately after the no-listing decision.
That 48-page complaint, brought on behalf of 10 western advocacy groups...more
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