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If wolves could protest, some of them may have marched in front of the U.S. Department of Interior headquarters in Washington D.C. to protest the removal of the status as endangered species.

After spending nearly $30 million to re-establish wolf populations in the Upper Midwest and the northern Rocky Mountains. Wolves were nearly extinct until recently. And in the 30 years they've had to develop their packs, their numbers have grown. In the Upper Midwest about 4,000 wolves now roam. And with that growth came the decision to repeal the Gray Wolf's status as endangered. That decision is currently being challenged in court.

In the Rockies the wolves were also recently removed from the list. Plans to start hunting the animals this fall were underway. Then a lawsuit by groups like the Sierra Club prompted another look at the law.

The ruling is an injunction; however the judge indicated that he had serious misgivings about the reasoning the Fish and Wildlife Service as well as the Department of the Interior used in reversing the species status. He called it a change of course in policy not supported by reasoning. And he agreed that the hunts could cause irreparable harm to the re-established species.

Howl if you agree.


[via New York Times]