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Article: Wolves in the Northern Rockies Lose Important Protections
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 24, 2008
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The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release:
BOISE, Idaho - The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service released an updated rule Thursday governing the management of gray wolves in the northern Rockies. The rule dramatically broadens the circumstances under which these wolves may be killed, significantly reducing protections for this endangered species. The rule is separate from a current proposal to delist wolves from the Endangered Species Act, and instead governs how wolves will be managed while they remain on the federal list of threatened and endangered species.
The following is a statement from Suzanne Stone, northern Rockies wolf conservation specialist for Defenders of ...