In this April 11, 2018 file photo, a gray wolf stands at the Osborne Nature Wildlife Center south of Elkader, Iowa. ( AP / Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ) In this May 25, 2014 photo provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a 100-pound adult male wolf is GPS radio-collared in the Mt. A final decision on lifting protections will follow a public comment period that begins Friday and runs through May 14. Article Continued BelowEnvironmentalists and animal advocacy groups have pledged to challenge in court any action to ease or eliminate protections. Protections will be retained under Thursday’s proposal for two small populations of related species — the Mexican grey wolf in New Mexico and Arizona and the red wolf in North Carolina.

Source: thestar March 14, 2019 12:54 UTC