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Article: GRAY WOLF DEFENDERS SUE U.S. DESPITE INCREASED NUMBERS, FIVE GROUPS DON'T WANT THE ANIMAL REMOVED FROM THE ENDANGERED LIST.(LOCAL)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2009
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Byline: JOHN FLESHER Associated Press
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. -- Five groups sued the government Monday for removing more than 4,000 gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region from the endangered list, prolonging a dispute over whether the predator can survive without federal protection.
Despite the wolf's comeback from near-extinction in the region over the past two decades, some activists insist it remains vulnerable. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks an injunction returning Great Lakes wolves to the endangered list while the case is heard.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dropped federal protections last month, as ...