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Groups cite Wyoming wolf incident as they plan lawsuit for renewed endangered species status
This story is adapted from the MT Lowdown, a weekly newsletter digest containing original reporting and analysis published every Friday. An incident involving a Wyoming man who spent hours displaying a wolf he’d injured with his snowmobile in a small-town bar before shooting her drew international attention last month. Now, wildlife and animal rights groups are citing the situation as they ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore endangered species protections for wolves. In a notice of intent to sue issued Tuesday, six groups argue that the Sublette County incident demonstrates that Northern Rockies states cannot be trusted to responsibly manage wolves.
Some urge boycott of Wyoming as rural angst over wolves clashes with cruel scenes of one in a bar
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight. The social media accounts of...
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