Protection of grey wolves may be ended by Obama administration

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said rule under review, two years after the end of the protection of wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming

Obama administration Friday was about to withdraw the protection of gray wolves in most countries, ending a 20-year effort to bring the animals to their historical distribution area.

The measure was withdrawn protection in all the lower 48 states for a symbolic animal is seen by its supporters as a symbol of open spaces the Rocky Mountain West - and by farmers as a pest in herds . Only a small population of about 75 Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico, would be under the protection of the federal government, according to the Los Angeles Times, which obtained a draft standard.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, told reporters the new standard was still under consideration and would be open to public comment.

• The decision was long overdue. After being hunted to extinction in the early 20th century, as official government policy, the wolf population had rebounded in states like Montana, Idaho and Wyoming after the species was reintroduced . The Obama administration has ended the protection of wolves in the states in 2011, thanks to a strong recovery.
• The federal government has also allowed hunting in the Rocky Mountain West - leading to death last year of 10 wolves in the area around Yellowstone National Park, including seven who wore collars. One of them was the female Alpha 6, probably the most photographed wolf. The government continued to monitor populations of charge and is preparing to reintroduce protection if necessary.

The last movement, as revealed by the project, would be left to each state to manage wolf populations. Environmentalists said they could undermine the recovery of wolves "in much of the Rocky Mountains. Authorities estimated that the recovery of the population of Mountain States, where there are about 1,600 wolves, and scattered populations in California , Oregon, Washington and parts of New England for animals ensured the survival lasrge across the country. However, biologists have argued that the end protections for wolves could undo a rare conservation success.

Since its reintroduction in 1990, with about 60 animals brought from Canada, wolf populations have recovered in the Rocky Mountain West. The animals are prolific and also toured extensively breeding, restoring populations in large areas of the Rocky Mountains.

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Ugandan leader donates sack of cash, drawing ire

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Two Gentlemen of Verona – review

Tobacco Factory, Bristol

practice makes perfect, even for Shakespeare. Although this initial effort would have won a prize of the most promising playwright, which is far from his more finished. It is not without interest - but because you can see how Shakespeare himself subsequently taken. Clowns servant Launce and speed, are shown in a double act better than two Dromios in The Comedy of Errors. The game offers the same lines and situations that are much more familiar Romeo and Juliet, The Winter's Tale and As You Like It. And the quartet of young lovers here are close cousins ??to those found in The Dream of a summer night.

But as the revival of Andrew Hilton test, it would be wrong to dismiss two gentlemen as a curiosity. It has charm and good humor, love is tested and found wanting among the four budding amateurs. When Valentine moves from Verona to Milan, he left behind his best friend, Proteus, who can not bear to part with his beloved Julia, but not yet declared. He soon became, and he and Julia exchange cards, but when - after his father - Proteus made trips to Milan, is soon forgotten when he meets Julia loved Valentine, Silvia. He is so determined to win Silvia he thinks nothing of ruining the happiness of his friend and betray Julia.

• Production
Hilton - transposition elegantly program for the Edwardian period - has all the virtues that have become associated with Shakespeare in this direction, as the clarity of the narrative and the detailed characterization. Hilton is very good, too, in the dark undercurrents, the more unpleasant story. But the production does not have a lightness of touch and does not quite convey the giddy absurdity of young love that scene really necessary if the public will accept and forgive the atrocious behavior of Proteus and forced happy ending . Some songs are weak, and musical interludes slow action.

However, there is much to enjoy - even if she says something that the production and the public are still dog the presence perkiest Launce, Crab (dark star turn by Lollius). It is difficult for human players to compete with many canine charisma, but Dorothea Myer-Bennett as Julia and Silvia Lisa Kay are both a pleasure and a final suggests that they were not in any sense their future husbands.

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US offers $5m bounty in hunt for Joseph Kony

rewards for information leading to the capture Lord's Resistance Army Chief, two of his close aides and a Rwandan rebel leader

The Obama administration announced it would provide up to $ 5 million reward for information leading to the capture Lord's Resistance Army leader, Joseph Kony, two of his close aides and a leader Rwandan rebel suspected of crimes against humanity.

• rewards are offered under a provision in the rewards program written for war crimes by the U.S. Secretary of State when he was Senator John Kerry, according to U.S. officials.
• Kony is accused of widespread atrocities ordered in a brutal campaign by the power that began in Uganda in 1980. It is now believed to be hiding in the Central African Republic, where an international search led by African troops was suspended due to lack of cooperation country's new leaders, who overthrew the government last month.

Apart from Kony, the benefits apply to his lieutenants, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen as the leader of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, Sylvestre Mudacumura.

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10 lies we're told about welfare | Ricky Tomlinson

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Jim Royle political advisor? Millions are getting poorer while we are foisted porkies

welfare reform, my ass. Jim Royle parked his chair, feet on television, in the corridors between the Treasury and the Department of Work and Pensions? Use as a consultant can be the only explanation of the total trash boil before this government's well-being.

Who else could have imagined the room taxes, stupid policy that forces people to abandon their homes and dragged around the country for which there are one bedroom apartments?

This must be the result of many hours in front of Jeremy Kyle (no offense) with the heater and a can of super-strength beer. It seems that this is how the government sees ordinary people:. Irresponsible and useless - poor, because they brought it on themselves, voluntarily

Maybe the cabinet is confused. Twenty-three millionaires in the room you can get this way. But you know what, that's enough. Call it government policy being what it is - bad, ugly and dishonest

Off the top of my head, I can list 10 porkies that rotate to justify the last step of his attack against our welfare state 70 years.

1. The benefits are too generous

Really? Could you live on ? 53 a week as Iain Duncan Smith said he would if you had to? So imagine the return of 14% that the government believes it has a "room". Can you find the money to pay municipal taxes and still afford to eat at the end of the week?

2. Profits are up

They are not. 1% of "capacity building" is really a cover cut. Inflation is at least 2.7%. Essentials such as food, fuel and transport are at least that, in many cases much more. Benefits are quickly behind the cost of living.

3. The jobs are there, if people watch

Where? Unemployment rose last month to 2.5 million, with one million unemployed youth. Costa Coffee when posting eight jobs, 1,701 applied.

. The room tax will hit families or foster families army

Yes, I will. Perhaps the cruelest of all, the tax does not apply to foster families who care for a child. If foster brothers and difficult. However, these children are often the most difficult to place. Thank you to George Osborne and IDS, your chances just got worse. And even if your child is in a barracks in Afghanistan, so do not expect peace of mind that the government has not yet tell the truth about the plans for your bedroom.

• 5. Social housing tenants can shrink

Really, where? Tips sold their possessions - and Osborne wants to sell what's left. Housing associations built for families. In Hull, there are 5,500 people, said to drive a 70 bedroom properties.
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