by The Associated Press - posted on NPR online
A federal judge on Thursday reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for wolves...saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections..
The decision puts a halt to wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho planned for this fall. Montana wildlife regulators last month set the wolf-hunt quota at 186, more than doubling last year's number, with the aim of reducing the state's wolf population.
Gray wolves were listed as endangered in 1974, but following a reintroduction program in the mid-1990s, there are now more than 1,700 in the Northern Rockies.
WHAT DOES ENDANGERED MEANS ?? I TRIED TO BREAK IT DOWN BUT I DONT KNOW
ReplyDeleteit means that the species are almost extinct. that is, there are not many of them left in the world, and that if we don't protect them, they may disappear from our planet, forever...
ReplyDeletegood question!
thanks .how will they just magically disapear will they die or what??
ReplyDeletethey are hunted (illegally), trapped, and generally harassed and run out of their habitats (homes). It's a tragedy for such a beautiful species...
ReplyDeleteoh thats very mean lol wud u do that???
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