BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of Democratic lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West. Twenty-one U.S. senators asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Thursday to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered. The request comes in response to Republican-backed state laws in Montana and Idaho that make it easier to kill the predators. Wolves in recent decades bounced back from widespread extermination last century. But their return has drawn complaints from hunters and farmers because wolf packs prey on deer and elk herds and periodically kill livestock.
Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West
