Administration Trump intends to remove the gray wolf from the list of protected species in quasi all USA, thus leaving the management of predators to the individual states, which are currently still strictly protected by Federal laws. This decision actually opens the doors to hunters. To communicate the intention to remove the gray wolf from the list of protected species was Aurelia Skipwith, head of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the federal agency linked to the Department of the Interior that regulates the management and conservation of fisheries and wildlife.
The executive, interviewed by the Associated Press, said her agency is working hard to reach the target by the end of 2020. then within 3 months. The intention is to eliminate the status of protected species in almost all states, with the exception of a small population of wolves native to Mexico which is located in the South West. It is not the first time that the authorities have tried to remove federal protections from large predators, to leave the management in the hands of individual state governments, but environmentalists and animal rights activists have always appealed to court, causing the measures to run aground. Protected species status has already been removed in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and partially in Oregon, Utah and Washington state, while it has been restored in others, namely Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
According to data released by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the gray wolf population is over 6.000, "exceeding the combined recovery targets for populations of the Northern Rockies and Western Great Lakes." In Alaska there are up to 12, where they are not protected by federal laws. Wolves were systematically slaughtered especially during the 48th century, and by the early XNUMXth century they were virtually extinct in XNUMX states. Hence the decision to subject the species to strict protection measures conveyed in the Endangered Species Act (ESA). And the US Fish and Wildlife Service now wants to remove it from this list. The reason is simple: the wolf has recovered, the populations are healthy and therefore it must be removed from federal protection (Fanpage).