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Feds Consider De-Listing Wolves

Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range. The draft U.S. Department of Interior rule obtained by The Associated Press contends that roughly 5,000 wolves now living in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes are enough to prevent the species’ extinction. The agency says having gray wolves elsewhere — such as the West Coast, parts of New England and the Southern Rockies — is unnecessary for their long-term survival/ Associated Press . More here.

Question: Would you kill a wolf if you had a chance to do so?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog