Bills to ignore the Endangered Species Act so ranchers can kill endangered wolves advance

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 751

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Republican bills that would allow the endangered Mexican gray wolf to be killed and no longer be considered an endangered species won approval Tuesday in the Arizona House of Representatives.

Cattle ranchers have long sought to end protections for the Mexican gray wolf, whose most recent population estimate was 286, and they have been actively lobbying the Trump administration to delist the animal from the Endangered Species Act.

House Bill 2159 …

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