U.S. judge restores federal protections to gray wolf

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Feb 10 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday restored endangered species protections for the gray wolf in some U.S. states, reversing a Trump administration decision that allowed the animals to be hunted.

The decision affects wolf populations in the upper Midwest, Colorado and the Pacific Northwest. States there had been given the authority to manage their local wolf populations, including allowing trapping and hunting, when Endangered Species Act protections were lifted in 2020.

In his ruling, Jeffrey White, a U.S. District Court judge in Montana, said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2020 decision, which had cited the recovery of two wolf populations in the Great Lakes and Northern Rocky Mountains, had failed to adequately assess threats to the entire species.

"Instead, the Service avoids analyzing these wolves by concluding, with little explanation or analysis, that wolves outside of the core populations are not necessary to the recovery of the species," White wrote.

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[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. Judge Jeffery White❤️

[ChazII]

2. Good to have positive news

today.