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'You Can Shoot' Gray Wolves 'As Of Today'
Mediaite • • nation
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order encouraging states to delist gray wolves as protected species, allowing ranchers to shoot them to protect their cattle herds.
- Gray wolves have been federally protected under the Endangered Species Act for over 50 years, but Trump argued that ranchers should be able to defend their livestock from wolf attacks.
- Ranchers expressed frustration that current protections prevent them from controlling wolf populations, which they say have destroyed hundreds of family ranches.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins acknowledged the legal restrictions but supported Trump's directive to allow ranchers to shoot wolves.
- The executive order aims to address conflicts between wolf conservation efforts and ranchers' economic interests, though some state officials have resisted loosening protections.
