Was the Wolf Delisting in the Northern Rockies achieved through unconstitutional maneuvering by Congress and our President?...................FRIENDS OF ANIMALS has now joined the ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD ROCKIES, FRIENDS OF THE CLEARWATER, WILD EARTH GUARDIANS AND CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY in seeking to overturn this "Rider" to the recently passed budget bill. As we have discussed before, the Delisting Rider had nothing to do with keeping the Federal Government up and operating.....Both Parties promised this year to stop attaching "earmarks" to bills....Truly a heinous, cowardly way to get pet projects passed into law without the Congress concentrating on the pros and cons of EARMARK................Plus the fact that the Endangered Species Act was set up so that only the findings of qualified Scientists would determine listing and delisting of our wild animals and plant species, not some unknowing body of Congressmen.

Friends of Animals Challenges Unconstitutional Wolf Delisting Rider

Contact: Dustin Rhodes
Phone: (202) 906-0210

Friends of Animals filed a Motion to Intervene in the case Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Salazar, which challenges the constitutionality of Section 1713 of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011, P.L. 112-10 (also called the "budget rider" or the "wolf rider"). The budget rider directed the USFWS to reinstate the 2007 wolf delisting rule, which removed gray wolves in all areas of the Northern Rocky Mountains Distinct Population Segment (DPS) from protection under the Endangered Species Act. The original complaint was filed by Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians on May 5, 2011 and the case was recently consolidated with another case, Center for Biological Diversity v. Salzar. The complaints challenge constitutionality of this legislative enactment.

Friends of Animals' president Priscilla Feral says

We must do everything in our power to undo the deadly disservice that was done to gray wolves; taking them off of the Endangered Species List was not only unethical and unjust—it was unconstitutional.
The wolf delisting rider, which was included in the 2011 federal budget, was sponsored by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, and was passed with a bipartisan vote of 81-19 on April 14, 2011.
http://www.friendsofanimals.org/news/2011/may/friends-of-animals-c.html
=======