A team of wildlife specialists are joined by zoologists and conservationists.
State officials said the rescuers were subject to arrest because only licensed wildlife specialists are permitted to treat bears.
But no one had anticipated an outbreak in which crucial evidence would be uncovered by a wildlife specialist.
Government officials who attended the meetings that led to the plan peppered wildlife specialists about other options, the Agriculture Department official said.
Such arguments are quickly gaining ground in the West and wildlife specialists are responding with more selective programs to kill predators.
Older coyotes do that to young males at this time of the year, wildlife specialists said.
We have our own wildlife specialist from the Long Island Game Farm.
A wildlife specialist will be needed to remove the bat for rabies testing.
Other wildlife specialists say deeper forces are at work.
One scheme that has appealed to wildlife specialists would mean moving lions from Gir to other areas they once populated.