Wyoming, Idaho grizzly hunters told their hunts are on…

Wyoming, Idaho grizzly hunters told their hunts are on hold

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – Wildlife officials in Wyoming and Idaho say they’ve been contacting hunters licensed to kill grizzly bears to tell them their hunts are on hold following a judge’s ruling.

The two states on Saturday had been scheduled to hold their first grizzly hunts in more than 40 years in the mountainous region surrounding Yellowstone National Park.

At the request of wildlife advocates and Native American tribes, a federal judge in Montana on Thursday blocked the hunts for 14 days while he considers whether protections for the bears should be restored.

FILE – In this Sept. 25, 2013, file photo, a grizzly bear cub searches for fallen fruit beneath an apple tree a few miles from the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont. A judge will decide whether the Lower 48 states’ first grizzly bear hunting season in more than four decades will open as scheduled the weekend of Aug. 31, 2018. (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, file)

Idaho Fish and Game Department assistant chief of wildlife Toby Boudreau said Friday the ruling delays the bear hunting season opening but has no other consequences.

About 700 grizzlies in the area lost federal protections last year.

A small group of grizzly bear advocates protest outside the U.S. District Court in Missoula, Montana, on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Wildlife advocates pressed a Montana judge Thursday to restore federal protections for a group of about 700 grizzly bears and block hunting that's set to begin this weekend, but the judge said he would not make an immediate ruling.  (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

A small group of grizzly bear advocates protest outside the U.S. District Court in Missoula, Montana, on Thursday, August 30, 2018. Wildlife advocates pressed a Montana judge Thursday to restore federal protections for a group of about 700 grizzly bears and block hunting that’s set to begin this weekend, but the judge said he would not make an immediate ruling. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

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