Trump Order Directs Officials to Consider Removing Protections for Gray Wolves
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- President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to consider delisting gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves.
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has three months to determine whether the wolves have recovered enough for the federal government to remove their protections.
- The order also asks the agency to consider whether it could make authorizing wolf killings easier.
President Donald Trump has directed the Interior Department to consider removing gray wolves from protection under the Endangered Species Act.
The executive order gives Interior Secretary Doug Burgum three months to decide whether gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves have recovered enough for the federal government to delist them.
It also tells officials to consider whether the agency could make it easier to authorize the killing of the animals.
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