Associated Press
Jul 2, 2015
TUCSON - A group of conservation organizations has filed
a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its policies
on Mexican gray wolves.
The Western Environmental Law
Center filed the suit in Tucson this week on behalf of the New Mexico
Wilderness Alliance and Friends of Animals.
The groups
claim the federal government isn't doing enough to protect Mexican
wolves, an endangered species. They take issue with a final rule issued
in January that caps the Mexican gray wolf population at 300 to 325
wolves, prevents wolves from colonizing in certain areas and allows more
killing of the wolves by federal agents and private landowners.
A
survey released in February showed 109 wolves in Arizona and New
Mexico, more than at any time since a re-introduction program began in
1998.
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