After 45 years, the gray wolf officially emerges from the endangered species listed by the US government and can be hunted
After 45 years, the gray wolf officially emerges from the endangered species listed by the US government. “The protections provided by the law are no longer necessary, they have reached and exceeded the recovery objectives. They are no longer a threatened or endangered species by the standards set by Congress. "
But this is not good news, here's why.
We had already anticipated this in September, when the Trump administration was talking about revoking the protection of gray wolves in the United States by the end of 2020. The protests of animal rights activists who explained: 'if the plan were to go through , the wolf could return to the list at risk of extinction in the 48 states'.
Trump is about to take off the protection of the gray wolf which can again be hunted or killed
While the US elections are underway that see Trump and Biden opposing, the Department with a note explains that it is now official. "The protections provided by law are no longer necessary," it reads.
This means that gray wolves will be able to go back to being hunted because, according to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the species no longer needs protection because it has officially come out of extinction.
“After more than 45 years as a listed species, the gray wolf has surpassed all conservation objectives. This species is neither a threatened nor endangered species based on the specific factors that Congress has established by law, ”said Secretary Bernhardt.
Gray wolves currently live in the Great Lakes region and north of the United States. Their populations have declined in recent years, now numbering 6, but they are no longer endangered in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and parts of Oregon, Utah and Washington state. For a long time, however, the situation has been at risk and environmentalists fear that this measure could favor farmers and ranchers who see them as a threat to livestock.
In 1974, that was the case: the species had drastically decreased so much that wolves were declared an endangered species. According to experts, the Trump administration's green light to double shots will prove to be "premature" and "reckless".
Source: United States Department
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