Hat tip to reader Dan for the link.
There should be an investigation into the illegal introduction of wolves, but I am not aware that there is any formal investigation in the works. It is however, the claim of an outdoor writer, Jim Matthews, whose article is posted in The Sun, a publication for the San Bernadino, California area.
There is an investigation ongoing that’s likely to prove that the federal agency has done two illegal things: 1) used illegal funding for the wolf relocation, and 2) introduced a subspecies of wolf that wasn’t native to the Yellowstone Park and Central Idaho region.
Many of us have read accusations delivered by Jim Beers, former staff member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who essentially lost his job for discovering that millions of Pittman-Robertson money was illegally used to pay for the wolf introduction into the Yellowstone area.
We have also read accounts of how the wolves introduced were not the same wolves that once naturally roamed the Yellowstone area. (More info here: “Is There Any Such Thing as ‘Pure’ Wolf?” and the Smithsonian claims that the introduced wolf is not the same as what once lived in Yellowstone.)
Short of that, I know nothing of any formal investigation into these charges, although one might be welcomed at some point.
I would be interested to know if readers have further information on this claim and can substantiate any claims. Please weigh in below.
Tom Remington
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