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Lawmakers approve bill allowing ranchers to shoot endangered wolves

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//April 16, 2014//

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Lawmakers approve bill allowing ranchers to shoot endangered wolves

Lawmakers approve bill allowing ranchers to shoot endangered wolves

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//April 16, 2014//

State lawmakers voted Wednesday to let ranchers shoot the Mexican gray wolves being reintroduced to the Southwest despite their listing under federal law as endangered. On a 16-12 vote, the...

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