Wolf Protections
Americans have long had a tendentious relationship with gray wolves, predators who roam the continental United.States. Because wolves eat livestock, ranchers and farmers trapped and killed them until they nearly disappeared by the 1950s. In the 1970s, gray wolves became protected, and returned, mostly in the West. Gray wolf management moved from the State to the Federal level after two 2014 U.S. District Court decisions that placed gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act. Some States — including Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Colorado — now have thriving wolf populations. On November 16, the House, by a vote of 196 to…
