courtesy of the Helena Independent Record
by Eve Byron
Ten environmental groups and the Department of Interior are asking U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy if he would reconsider his ruling last year that returned wolves in Montana and Idaho to the list of animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.
But at least three other groups that had joined in the wolf lawsuit say they’ll continue to pursue the case, wondering aloud why some plaintiffs “gave up” when the judge had ruled in their favor by saying that wolves can’t be considered a recovered species in two states but not in adjoining ones.
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