Feds won’t introduce any more red wolves to the wild while they consider changes to program

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  wolves to the wild while they consider changes to program Published June 30, 2015Facebook Twitter RALEIGH, N.C. –  Federal officials say they won’t add any more red wolves to the wild while they consider changes to a program that reintroduced the once-extinct carnivore. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday afternoon that it would continue to manage the …

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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 …