Hunting Groups Appeal Ruling Supporting Gray Wolf Protections (1)

Several hunting groups are appealing a Montana judge’s ruling that the US Fish and Wildlife Service wrongly denied endangered species protections for the gray wolf.

The Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, Safari Club International, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, defendant-intervenors in the litigation, jointly filed the notice of appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday.

Judge Donald W. Molloy of the US District Court for the District of Montana on Aug. 5 vacated the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2024 finding that gray wolves in the West are not endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species ...