WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized the revised rule under which Mexican wolves are managed in Arizona and New Mexico. The revised rule expands the area where wolves are allowed to occupy and increases the service’s ability to further the conservation of one of the nation’s rarest mammals while being responsive to the needs of local …
Groups Sue Over Mexican Wolf-Reintroduction Program Changes – ABC News
Conservationists sued the federal government Friday over changes to a reintroduction program for the endangered Mexican gray wolf. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the first major changes to the program since 1998. Under them, wolves will be able to roam a greater expanse of Arizona and New Mexico and will be released from captivity at more sites. …
Correction: Endangered Wolves story – Washington Times
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – In a story Jan. 12 about a Mexican gray wolf program, The Associated Press reported erroneously that livestock owners could kill any wolf that is biting, wounding or killing livestock on federal land. The provision includes dog owners and applies only to non-federal land. A corrected version of the story is below: via Correction: Endangered Wolves …
What’s a wolf to do? Go vegan, apparently
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s new rules for Mexican gray wolf recovery offers a frustrating one-step-forward, two-steps-back approach. Not surprisingly, it’s being met with a lawsuit from environmental groups. The federal agency would have been wiser to do right by the wolves instead of bowing to those who have long opposed reintroduction. OUR VIEW: What’s a wolf to do? …