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“Animal of the Week” for August 29 - September 4, 2010 is the gray wolf. The report below appeared on July 3, 2000 on Yahoo! news page.
“Local Headlines”
Monday July 03 06:27 AM EDT (2000)
“Gray Wolf Said No Longer Endangered”
NEW YORK (AP) - The gray wolf, once on the brink of extinction in
the continental United States, is abundant enough in certain areas that federal officials
may soon relax the animal’s level of federal protection, The New York Times reported
Monday.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing to modify the wolf’s Endangered Species
Act status from endangered to threatened, except in the Southwest, the Times said.
The move, which could come this month, would mean wolves that kill livestock or threaten
human affairs could be shooed away or shot by government agents.
When the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, the lower 48 states had about 400 gray
wolves, primarily in Minnesota and Michigan. There are now more than 3,500 in eight states
and thousands more in Alaska, Canada and Europe.
Some conservation groups, however, say the plan would ease protection too soon - before
the species has re-colonized large sections of its old range. Ranchers and others counter
that the laws protecting the wolves unfairly limit the rights of property owners.
The wolf still would be considered endangered - and therefore have strict protections -
in southern Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, where efforts to increase the numbers of a rare
subspecies have stumbled.
Once the new classification is formally announced, it will be subject to four months of
public comment and eight months of internal discussions and possible revisions before it
becomes law. (END OF REPORT; underlines added)
***Even at a population size of 3,500 that is still extremely small, and therefore the gray wolf should continue to be formally considered endangered in all areas.
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