猎狼合法吗?

目前，狼在美国本土的48个州仍然受到保护，但随着狼的数量激增，关于狩猎的辩论继续激烈。

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目前在北美，它只是合法的追捕狼在阿拉斯加和加拿大，狼群仍然保持稳定。阿拉斯加拥有7,000至11,000只狼群漫游土地，这是美国最大数量的土地，所以国家从未在濒危物种名单上将其狼放在濒危物种上。分类为两者大型游戏和犯罪者，许可的猎人可以在阿拉斯加合法陷阱和捕杀狼;国家还采用了沃尔夫控制程序中的空中狩猎的争议方法，涉及在地面上跟踪狼和直升机寻找和射击它们[来源：阿拉斯加鱼类和游戏部]。收取费用，指南还提供个性化的狩猎旅程。加拿大举办了世界上最大的狼口大约50,000人口，猎人通常捕杀来自国家公园边界的狼群。

然而，在48个州，近年来这个问题变得明显更复杂。在官员重新引入Wolves进入黄石地区后，他们的快速人口爆发的故事被排斥为成功。3月28日，狼群从爱达荷州，蒙大拿州的联邦保护物种清单中删除。一如既往，人们被允许杀死河流袭击了一个人或牲畜 - 事实上，由于牲畜抽取的担忧，在整个重新引入阶段都在爱达荷州和蒙大拿被摧毁了几个人[来源：威尔金森]。

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service caused outrage among environmentalists, however, when it gave states the right to allow the hunting of wolves in what it called "non-essential" populations -- larger groups of wolves that might be taking down too many elk or deer. Many feared the northwest and its wolf population would end up right back where it was in 1974, especially because the three states planned wolf奖杯狩猎季节为2008年秋季。

After much public outcry and a lawsuit to overturn the decision to delist, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy gave protection back to the wolves in July 2008. Molloy argued that the government hadn't met standards for a full wolf population recovery, noting that successful interbreeding between wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming hadn't taken place. The FWS followed up in September 2008 by reversing its delisting rule, although public debate will most likely continue as wolf populations increase and officials study the impact of wolves in a more developed West.

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