Judge upholds protection for gray wolves in California
Source: Associated Press
Christopher Weber, Associated Press
Updated 10:09 pm CST, Monday, January 28, 2019
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge on Monday upheld protection for gray wolves under the state's Endangered Species Act, rejecting a legal challenge from ranchers and farmers who fear the predators will threaten their livestock.
The judge in San Diego ruled that California was right to list the wolves as endangered in 2014. A lawsuit on behalf of the California Farm Bureau Federation and the California Cattlemen's Association argued the listing was arbitrary because there are so few wolves in the state.
The suit was filed to give ranchers "more flexibility in co-existing with wolves," said Jim Houston, the farm bureau's manager of legal and governmental affairs.
The group is committed to working with the state to reduce "the burdens of raising livestock in areas with wolves, but we do not expect it to be easy," Houston said in a statement.
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...maybe a slight reason to believe in Humanity? I hope the wolves and pumas survive the humans overpopulating their habitats... 
Our wildlife needs all the help we can give them in order for them to survive!
