Federal Protections , Restored for Gray Wolves , Across Much of the US.<br />On February 10, a California judge restored <br />federal protections for gray wolves <br />across much of the United States. .<br />According to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White, <br />the Fish and Wildlife Service had failed to show that wolf <br />populations could be sustained without protection. .<br />That protection, throughout the Midwest <br />and portions of the West, will come <br />under the Endangered Species Act. .<br />Last year, advocates sued the agency, <br />claiming that state-sponsored hunting <br />threatened to reverse the species' recovery. .<br />Yahoo reports that the gray wolf's recovery from <br />near-extinction has widely been considered <br />a historic victory for conservation efforts. .<br />According to advocacy groups, <br />the latest order would immediately halt <br />the hunting of wolves in the Great Lakes region. .<br />In 2021, Wisconsin officials came under fire <br />after a state-organized wolf hunt resulted<br />in the death of 218 wolves in just four days. .<br />Wolves in the Great Lakes <br />region have a stay of execution, John Horning, WildEarth Guardians, via Yahoo.<br />That "stay of execution", does not apply, to all wolves in the nation. .<br />Recent laws passed in some Western <br />states undermine state wildlife managers <br />by promoting precipitous reductions <br />in wolf populations, ...the same kind <br />of practices that nearly wiped out <br />wolves during the last century, Deb Haaland, Interior Secretary Op-ed, via Yahoo.<br />Yahoo reports that wolves, once ranging across most <br />of the U.S., were driven to near-extinction by the 1930s <br />under government poisoning and trapping campaigns. .<br />Yahoo reports that wolves, once ranging across most <br />of the U.S., were driven to near-extinction by the 1930s <br />under government poisoning and trapping campaigns.
