Trump administration officials hold begun the process of revoking all remaining endangered species protections for gray wolves,declaring the animals fully recovered following decades of efforts to restore the species across its former range, according to The Independent. The U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on Thursday that the wolves be taken off its list of protected species, or placed under the jurisdiction of each individual state. This would allow for hunting of the animals in more places than is currently permitted.
Critics of the move call it wildly premature,noting that gray wolves are still not seen across huge areas of their former range. Government officials countered by saying that the initial goal had been to restore the animals to viability, and to protect them from going totally extinct — not to restore them to cover their entire historic range.
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