Federal judge denies cattle industry’s request to temporarily halt wolf reintroduction in Colorado
A federal judge has allowed the reintroduction of gray wolves in Colorado to move forward in the coming days by denying a request Friday from the state’s cattle industry for a temporary delay in the predators’ release.
While the lawsuit will continue, Judge Regina Rodriguez’s ruling allows Colorado to proceed with its plan to find, capture and transport up to 10 wolves from Oregon starting Sunday. The deadline to put paws on the ground under the voter-approved initiative is December 31.
The lawsuit from the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association and The Gunnison County Stockgrowers’ Association alleges that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to adequately review the potential impacts of Colorado’s plan to release up to 50 wolves in Colorado over the next several years.
I really doubt 10 wolves will change the price of beef so much you would be even able to quantify it.
No, but I bet someone along the supply chain will use it as the reason they had to jack up
profitsprices.“About…. 5 bucks a pound. These idiots will be pissed at the wolves and we’ll have record breaking profits! Like the Egg industry.”- Big Beef, certainly
10 wolves today, but in the future it'll be hundreds or thousands potentially (which I'm fine with) but it's shortsighted to think it's only ten