Lawsuit looms over new Idaho wolf-hunting law

Written byCharlie SchillAugust 9, 2021In mid-July, the non-profit Earthjustice organization signaled its intent to file a lawsuit on behalf of 10 other environmental groups against the state of Idaho to block implementation of new laws encouraging the hunting of gray wolves.

BOISE – Environmentalists’ opposition to Idaho’s war on wolves is gaining momentum.

On behalf of 10 other wildlife advocacy groups, the non-profit Earthjustice organization recently filed a legal notice of its intent to sue the state of Idaho over its new wolf-hunting laws.

Those statutes, which went into effect July 1, call for the killing of up to 90 percent of the state’s gray wolf population through year-round hunting, trapping and snaring.

But environmentalists argue that Idaho’s unlimited wolf-hunting methods will result in incidental trapping and snaring of federally protected lynxes and bears, violating the Endangered Species Act.

The…