Groups go to court to get wolves relisted in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming
Coalition of 10 organizations say that bad science and aggressive hunting is endangering wolves.
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Coalition of 10 organizations say that bad science and aggressive hunting is endangering wolves.
Plaintiffs argue wildlife officials relied on ‘unfounded assumptions’ and ‘flawed’ population models in a February 2023 finding that wolves in the Northern Rockies are not facing an extinction threat.
A prediction, several years in the making, came true on Monday when an alliance of nearly a dozen conservation groups filed suit against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management, seeking to restore protections for gray wolves in Montana and Idaho, arguing that both states’ aggressive hunting policies imperils […] The post Groups go to court to get wolves relisted in Montana and Idaho appeared first on Daily Montanan.
Two federal lawsuits argue Endangered Species Act protections are warranted for wolves.
Originally published April 8 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.