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Article: Bush Administration Announces Plan to Strip Wolves of Endangered Species Protection
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 21, 2008
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The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: LIVINGSTON, Mont. - Wolves in the Northern Rockies will lose protection under the Endangered Species Act under a new plan announced today by the Bush administration. The plan to "delist" the wolves threatens to reverse one of America's most successful wildlife recovery efforts and puts the species back at risk of extinction, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). "Americans will howl with rage when they learn that their government is jeopardizing this iconic animal," said NRDC's Louisa Willcox. "Why snatch defeat from the jaws of victory when we've made so much progress toward recovering wolves in ...