Wildlife groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolves
Wildlife groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolves U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gray wolf BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates are asking a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the nation. Two coalitions of advocacy groups filed lawsuits Thursday in U.S. District Court in Northern California seeking to restore protections for the predators. The Trump administration announced in October that wolves were considered recovered from near-extinction across most of the U.S. But cri...