FILE – In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a Mexican gray wolf leaves cover at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, N.M. Suspicion over federal plans to restore Mexican gray wolves has spread to Colorado and Utah, where ranchers and elected officials are fiercely resisting any attempt to import the predators. (Jim Clark/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File)

Senate committee OKs bill on Mexican gray wolf release

Arizona Lawmakers need a reality check! they cant skirt Federal Law!!

PHOENIX (AP) – The Arizona Senate attorney responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of legislation says a measure requiring prior state approval for the release of Mexican gray wolves into the wild is likely pre-empted by federal law.

The Senate’s Republican-controlled Rules Committee advanced the measure anyway Monday on a party-line vote.

Sen. Gail Griffin of Hereford is sponsoring Senate Bill 1243. It requires the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to approve any wolf release, prevents release near state trust land or private property and requires a full DNA profile of each released wolf.

About 110 Mexican gray wolves roam a portion of Arizona and New Mexico nearly two decades after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 11 wolves.

Senate President Andy Biggs says he doesn’t necessarily agree with the committee attorney’s analysis.

Source: Senate committee OKs bill on Mexican gray wolf release | KRQE News 13