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Article: Gray wolf taken off endangered species list.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2008
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Byline: Valerie Richardson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
DENVER - he gray wolf has thrived so spectacularly in the Northern Rockies that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday removed it from its list of threatened and endangered species.
"The wolf population in the Northern Rockies has far exceeded its recovery goal and continues to expand in size and range," said Interior Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett, calling the wolves a "remarkable conservation success story."
But wildlife groups yesterday vowed to file a lawsuit to block the delisting, warning the move would translate into open season among those who blame the wolf for livestock losses.
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