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US tribes demand emergency protection for wolves

FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a gray wolf, April 18, 2008. Republican legislators pressed three of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' appointees to the Department of Natural Resources board Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, on wolf management, a sandhill crane hunt and PFAS pollution costs ahead of possible confirmation votes. (Gary Kramer/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File)
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FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a gray wolf, April 18, 2008. Republican legislators pressed three of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' appointees to the Department of Natural Resources board Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, on wolf management, a sandhill crane hunt and PFAS pollution costs ahead of possible confirmation votes. (Gary Kramer/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File)

Dozens of American Indian tribes are demanding the Biden administration enact emergency protections for gray wolves.

Groups representing the tribes sent a letter Tuesday to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking her to place wolves back on the endangered species list on an emergency basis for 240 days.

The groups say the tribes consider the wolf sacred and the animal faces immediate threats in states that have enacted “anti-wolf” policies.

The letter doesn't name any states or policies, but it comes after Wisconsin hunters blew past their kill quotas in that state's spring season and legislators in Idaho and Montana loosened hunting rules.

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