U.S. Fish and Wildlife hit with another Mexican wolf lawsuit

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday over the agency’s rejection of a 2009 scientific petition from the Center that sought classification of the Mexican gray wolf as an endangered subspecies or population of gray wolves. 

Mexican wolves are currently protected as endangered along with all other wolves in the lower 48 states, with the exception of those in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Lakes region. 

In filing the suit, the Center said specific protection for Mexican wolves is needed to ensure their recovery. Both lawsuits aim to help Mexican wolves recover. 

The Center hopes to force the agency to implement the reforms and complete a new recovery plan, in the works since as far back as 1995. 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife hit with another Mexican wolf lawsuit