10 Win for wolves.

• Position: STATELINE - Gray wolf protection - Brief article

Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico are howling their approval over the federal government's proposal to increase their territory and drop plans to capture them when they enter this country from Mexico. Many ranchers who have lost cattle to wolves oppose the plan to allow the endangered wolves to cross freely into Arizona and New Mexico. The wolves have been decimated by hunting and trapping and by ranchers protecting their livestock. Several years ago, about 75 wolves were reintroduced into a small area in central Arizona and New Mexico, the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting hearings on the plan to release wolves into the Gila National Forest in January 2015, greatly expanding their territory to include a vast swath of Arizona and New Mexico. Michael...