'Huge Win for Gray Wolves' as US Court Restores Endangered Species Act Protections [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

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A male gray wolf walks through fresh snow in Montana. (Photo: Dennis Fast/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)


Campaigners also emphasize that, as one expert put it, "there is still a huge amount of work ahead to protect wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, where they face some of their biggest threats."

JESSICA CORBETT

February 10, 2022

While celebrating a U.S. judge's Thursday decision to restore federal protections that the Trump administration had stripped from the gray wolf, wildlife advocates and experts also demanded action to save wolves that won't be protected by the legal triumph.

Calling the ruling "a significant victory for gray wolves and for all those who value nature and the public's role in protecting these amazing creatures," Defenders of Wildlife CEO and president Jamie Rappaport Clark said the restoration "means that these vitally important animals will receive the necessary support to recover and thrive in the years ahead."

Collette Adkins, carnivore conservation director at the Center for Biological Diversity, similarly declared that "this is a huge win for gray wolves and the many people across the country who care so deeply about them."

"I'm relieved that the court set things right but saddened that hundreds of wolves suffered and died under this illegal delisting rule," she said, warning that "it will take years to undo the damage done to wolf populations."

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