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1、yCiaohAa小马过河国际教育Hiao ma Internationaeoucatzion托福阅读材料：美出政策保护濒危狼小马过河为大家准备了 “托福阅读材料：美出政策保护濒危狼”，供各位备考托福的考 生们参考使用，来提高白己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267Judge orders US to keep protecting endangered wolvesA federal judge has ordered the US to put Rocky Mountain grey wolves back on a list of protected endangorod s
2、peciesEncouraged by the recovery of the once nearly-extinct wolf, the US last year moved to allow wolf hunts in two states while protecting them in d thirdBut a judge ruled the law did not permit the US to protect part of a species population while allowing hunting of the restDespite the ruling, Ida
3、ho said it wou1d seek federal approvaI for a wo1f huntThe decision puts wolves in the states of Montana and Idaho back on the endangered species list following their removal last yearWyomings wolves had remained protected because the US government was unsatisfied with the state，s wolf protection pl
4、an.In Montana, IJS District Judge Donald Mol loy came down on the side of a coalition of con servation groups who Had challenged the US Fish and Wildlife Services move to take the grey wolf off the endangered species list in Montana and IdahoAmong several arguments, the coal ition said the law did n
5、ot permit the Fish and Wildlife Service to partially delist protected species - protecting the wolf in one state but not othersSignificant protectionThe plain language of the Endangered Species Act does not allow the agency to divide a population segment into a smaller taxonomy,Judge Molloy wroteGre
6、y wolves were once abundant in the US, but a government-sponsored hunting programme nearly eradicated them The wolves were gone from Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and south-western Canada by the 1930s.The US passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973 and the wolf was 1isted as endangered in 1974, affording it significant protection from hunters.In the 1990s, the government reintroduced wild wolf populations into the northem Rocky Mountains, situated in the western US.I)werful ranching interests in the states concerned have opposed protection of the wolves, saying they threaten 1ivestock.來源于：小马过河
