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Article: New Debate on Wolf's 'Endangered' Label; Government Will Try Again to Take Northern Rockies Species Off Protected List
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- The Washington Post
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- October 25, 2008
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The Bush administration is trying again to take the gray wolf of
the northern Rockies off the federal endangered species list.
Having lost in court this summer in a legal battle with
conservationists, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to
reopen for public comment its 2007 proposal to delist the wolves.
"The position of the service is, we think the wolves no longer
need the protection of the Endangered Species Act. We're asking the
public to weigh in to that," Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator for
Fish and Wildlife, said in an interview yesterday.
Wolf advocates immediately protested.
"This is the Bush administration's last-gasp attempt to remove
protections for wolves," ...