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Gray wolf withdrawn from US endangered list |
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Thirty-five years being hunted to near extinction, the gray wolf on Monday was taken off the US list of endangered species, clearing the way for it to be hunted again in most states. "We have recovered a wolf population," said Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator for the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the western state of Montana. "The populations are viable, they are in great shape, they have extreme genetic diversity and so the Endangered Species Act did its job to bring wolves back," Bangs said.
.. But environmentalists decried the change as "potentially disastrous" and vowed they would sue to prevent it. Rodger Schlickeisen, president of the environmental group Defenders of Wildlife said he would begin legal action to force a reinstatement of the wolf's protected status. "Today's delisting is a potentially disastrous turn for a venture that began in 1995 in such a hopeful and rewarding manner (with) the restoration of wolves to their natural landscape in the West," he said. "We all expected more from the Obama administration, which repeatedly promised it would consult with conservationists, scientists, and other stakeholders on key issues before making decisions," Schlickeisen said. lves and endangered species conservation by moving to challenge this delisting in court as soon as the law allows." Related News |
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 Brother Wolf : A Forgotten Promise
There were once at least thirty different subspecies of wolf. Most have become extinct. About five subspecies survive today. In England, the last wolves were wiped out by about 1500, a few still live in eastern Europe, India, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Middle East. No one knows how many survive in Russia and China. Most wolves in North America are found in Alaska and Canada and hunters, from whom most of our knowledge of this shy creature comes from, say they are now almost impossible to find...
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