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Thank you, Salt Lake Tribune, for your article, ("Should Mexican Wolves roam Utah?" Sept. 10).

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a sham. This agency has done little for America's wolf recovery. Instead of protecting and encouraging acceptance of America's wolves, they sit idle while wolves are slaughtered. Recently they've proposed the delisting of America's gray wolves. (Mexican grays are excluded, for now.)

FWS permits the extermination of wolves based on speculation. Relocating a wolf because it crosses a boundary line disrupts the formation of new packs and the expansion of suitable territory.

Reintroduced 15 years ago, the Mexican Grays continue to struggle with 3 breeding pairs. Births are limited. Grays are waiting for release while FWS stalls, wasting time and taxpayer funds. The delay causes inbreeding and weakens the genetic pool, reducing the Mexican grays' survival if released.

Instead of encouraging wolf recovery, the FWS submits to pressure from special interests, neglecting their obligation to the majority of taxpayers.

As taxpayers we deserve a return on our investment in wolf recovery .

A full congressional investigation is warranted into this slacking agency. They need to be accountable for their lack of wolf recovery and wasting of taxpayers' funds.

Irene Sette

New Milford, N.J.