Arizona Federal Judge orders revision of failing Mexican wolf rule

U.S. wildlife managers will revisit a contentious rule that governs management of Mexican gray wolves roaming the American Southwest. The revision was ordered Monday by an Arizona federal judge who determined that the rule, adopted in 2015, fails to further the conservation of the endangered predators. Environmentalists have argued that the rule arbitrarily limited the population, banned the animals from suitable habitat and loosened provisions against killing them in the wild. A survey done over the winter showed there were at least 114 wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico. The Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing the order.

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