Emergency protections are needed for the gray wolf after the Northern Rockies sees the worst persecution of wolves in a century.

Court grants judgment vacating the “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife,” 85 Fed. Reg. 69,778 (Nov. 3, 2020), and thereby reinstating federal protections for wolves in 44 states.

La decisión de la corte evitará su caza, envenenamiento y captura en 44 estados

Court decision will prevent hunting, poisoning, and trapping in 44 states

Earthjustice represented conservation groups in a successful legal challenge to a government policy that led to hundreds of wolves being slaughtered.

Response follows Secretary Haaland op-ed in USA Today

Kristen Boyles, Attorney, Northwest Regional Office, Earthjustice: “They cannot take this shortcut. One of the casualties of the Fish and Wildlife Service argument is that we are not here today talking about the key issues of what protections wolves need, where those protections are needed.”

We’re also pursuing multiple other cases to protect this keystone species across the contiguous United States.

Biden administration’s defense of Trump’s gray wolf delisting

Feds ignore science, allow wolf slaughter to continue

Ben Scrimshaw, Attorney, Northern Rockies Office: “The Idaho Legislature’s latest assault on wolves introduces a new killing paradigm not seen since the 19th century.”

New policies could eradicate gray wolf populations in Northern Rockies states

New policies could eradicate gray wolf populations in Northern Rockies states

He’s looking for guidance on how to do it. We have some ideas

The slaughter in Wisconsin is an awful example of why wolves need the protection of the Endangered Species Act, our nation’s strongest conservation law.

One of North America’s most iconic native predators, the gray wolf used to be found throughout the United States — but centuries of trapping, hunting, and poisoning, decimated the wolf population. By the 1980s, only a few small pockets of survivors remained in the continental United States. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protected gray…

Response to outgoing administration removing Endangered Species Act protections from the gray wolf

Response to outgoing administration removing Endangered Species Act protections from the gray wolf