States regain control of gray wolf populations - Leader-Telegram: Daily Updates:
Posted: Thursday, May 5, 2011 12:00 am
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday moved to lift Endangered Species Act protections for 5,500 gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes, drawing the line on the predators' rapid expansion over the past two decades."
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin have plans meant to keep the populations at healthy levels while allowing government agents to kill animals that can't be driven away. None would allow hunting or trapping for at least five years, although states could revise those plans.
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