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Senators ask for quicker action addressing Isle Royale’s fading wolves

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Senators ask for quicker action addressing Isle Royale’s fading wolves   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several U.S. senators are urging National Park Service to make a quick decision regarding the low number of gray wolves on the Isle Royale National Park. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan were among the senators that wrote the letter to the NPS. The letter …

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Petition denied to add Gray Wolves to threatened status

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejected a petition that would reclassify most gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act as “threatened” throughout the United States. The Humane Society of the United States says the proposal offered a pathway for reasonable compromise between the current more restrictive “endangered” listing for wolves in the Great Lakes and Wyoming, and the efforts …

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Decision expected on only wild population of red wolves | WNCN

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Federal officials plan to announce whether they will continue, change or end a program in North Carolina to maintain the only wild population of endangered red wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans a conference call Tuesday to say what it will do with the program, an announcement that’s been delayed several times. Officials have …

Alaska Confirms Massive Decline in Rare Wolves, Still Plans to Hunt Them

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Alaska Confirms Massive Decline in Rare Wolves, Still Plans to Hunt Them Another harvest could do irreversible damage to the wolf population. Alexander Archipelago wolf. (Photo: Facebook) JUN 20, 2015 Samantha Cowan is TakePart’s associate culture and lifestyle editor. Bio In 1994, southeast Alaska was home to about 300 Prince of Wales wolves, a subspecies ofAlexander Archipelago wolves. By 2013, …