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gray wolf stories: 4 news summaries

 Gray Wolf Back 
 on Endangered List 

Court overrules Bush administration's move to cross it off

Sep 30, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal court restored gray wolves to the endangered species list in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin yesterday, again making it not OK to kill wolves that attack livestock or pets, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. In answer to a lawsuit by environmental groups, a judge said the wolves couldn’t... More »

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Bush administration • endangered species • endangered species list • Great Lakes • gray wolf

 Hunters Take Aim at Gray Wolf 

Animal no longer under federal protection in northern Rockies

Mar 29, 08 9:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hunters in the northern Rockies will soon take aim at a rare target—the gray wolf. The animal lost its protected species status in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming yesterday, and wildlife agencies in the region are looking to reduce the population by granting hunting licenses for the first time since... More »

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endangered species • Montana • Idaho • Endangered Species Act • wildlife • Wyoming • Rocky Mountains • hunting • gray wolf • Earthjustice

Protections End for Gray Wolf

Wildlife groups say it's too soon to remove animals from endangered list

Feb 22, 08 5:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The gray wolf has been taken off the endangered species list in a multi-state area of the northern Rocky Mountains, National Geographic reports. "The wolves are back," said an official of the Department of the Interior. Just 66 of the animals were reintroduced to the region in 1996... More »

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endangered species • conservation • Montana • Idaho • Endangered Species Act • wildlife • Wyoming • Rocky Mountains • gray wolf

Activists Howl as Wolves Leave Endangered List

Gray wolf population threatens livestock,
officials say

Nov 24, 07 5:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal officials plan to pull gray wolves from the endangered species list for the first time in more than 20 years, the AP reports. Hunters will be allowed to reduce the growing wolf population, which threatens livestock in the Northern Rockies—but activists vow lawsuits to block the plan, saying... More »

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endangered species • cattle • list • US Fish and Wildlife Service • endangered species list • hunters • gray wolf

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