Fish & Wildlife Says Wyoming Wolves Can Be Hunted Back to 1999 Levels

Additional Note.  For an indication of how ridiculous the idea of letting state fish and game authorities control gray wolf populations is, see the editorial of Lawrence Downs in the New York Times, December 28, 2013 ("Wolf Haters").The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued final rules that remove the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife.  This finalizes the delisting that was proposed by the...

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VA Final Service Dog Rules Still Nix Psych Dogs, Hold to Foreign Outsourcing

The Department of Veterans Affairs has finalized rulesproposed in 2011 on service dogs. The VA says that its proposal was not intended to provide guidance concerning what service dogs could have access to VA facilities, only on what types of service dogs would be funded.  Dogs for veterans with mental health disabilities will still not be funded, unless a dog also has a function relating to a veteran’s sight, hearing, or mobility impairment.  The requirement that dogs be certified by one of two foreign-controlled umbrella associations...

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“Will Duke jump in windows?”— Orchestrating Drug Dog’s Alert Caught on Dash Video

Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Brian Bairett stopped Sherida Felders for speeding on I-15 near Cedar City, Utah, on November 20, 2008.  She had two passengers in the car, Elijah Madyun, 17 years old, and Delarryon Hansend, 18 years old.  Felders gave Bairett her driver’s license and vehicle registration but did not have a copy of her insurance card.  Bairett alleged that the three individuals in the car were nervous and that Felders...

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