Grey wolf's future depends on which wolf is which

• Autores: Peter Aldhous
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2934, 2013, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The existence, or not of the eastern wolf as a distinct species has become a battleground in the fight to restore the conic grey wolf to greater swathes of the US. What was an obscure taxonomic debate has become a major row, as the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) tries to justify plans to remove endangered species status from the grey wolf. Today there are about 5,000 grey wolves in the contiguous US, almost all in the northern Rocky mountains and western Great Lakes regions--thanks chiefly to the protection afforded by its status. While those populations are recovering, and have already lost endangered status, the FWS proposal would hit hopes of further expansion.