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The Wildlife Service states that there are more than 6,000 wolves in the United States, a viable population and enough to remove it from the protection list after 45 years.
“Today’s decision reflects the Trump administration’s continued commitment to species conservation based on the parameters of the law and the best scientific and commercial data available,” Interior Minister David Bernhardt said in a statement.
The wolf has been on the brink of extinction in the southern states of Alaska, in part due to hunting and declining habitats. Some states, like Wyoming, have filed protectionism lawsuits and hunting has resumed in some places.
Thursday’s decision It received harsh criticism from environmental groups who say it is short term and that the wolf population is not as strong as the wildlife conservation authority claims.
“The decision to remove it from the list is a consequence of bad science pursuing bad policies, and it is illegal, so we will meet in court,” Kristen Boyles, an attorney for Earthjustice, told CNN.
Vrett Hartl, chief strategist for the Center for Biodiversity Action Fund, says in a statement that it is a desperate attempt by Republicans to win votes in the Midwest. Jamie Rappaport Clark, executive director of Defenders of Wildlife, calls the decision “ruthless.”
Naturskyddslagen Endangered Species Act It was introduced 47 years ago and protects thousands of animals and plants that are threatened by human impact. Under Bernhardt, a former oil lobbyist, the Interior Ministry has sometimes complied with the law, among other things, to gain access to protected land for exploitation.
This is happening at the same time that researchers warn that we are heading toward a sixth mass extinction and one million species are threatened with extinction globally.
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