Six conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent U.S. government decision not to protect wolves in northern Rocky Mountain states as an endangered species. The groups argue in the federal lawsuit filed July 2 in Montana that those states are exercising too much leeway to keep the predators’ numbers to a minimum.
FILE - This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a wolf in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo, Nov. 7, 2017. Six conservation groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday, July 2, 2024, challenging a recent U.S. government decision not to protect wolves in northern Rocky Mountain states as an endangered species . CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Six conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent federal government decision not to protect wolves in the northern U.S.
The Fish and Wildlife Service at the same time announced it would write a first-ever national recovery plan for wolves, with a target completion date of December 2025. Previously, the Fish and Wildlife Service pursued a region-by-region approach to wolf management. The lawsuit singled out how a Wyoming man last winter ran down a wolf with a snowmobile, taped its mouth shut and brought it into a bar before killing it. The killing drewThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit filed by Animal Wellness Action; the Center for a Humane Economy; Project Coyote, a project of the Earth Island Institute Inc.; the Kettle Range Conservation Group; Footloose Montana; and the Gallatin Wildlife Association.
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