US EditionGosar Bill Seeks to Remove Mexican Gray Wolf From Endangered Species Act
COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA, JUL 1 – The bill aims to shift management of the Mexican gray wolf to state authorities amid concerns over livestock losses and population growth to 286, federal data shows.
- On July 2, 2025, Representative Paul Gosar introduced the Enhancing Safety for Animals Act, a bill aimed at removing federal endangered status from the Mexican gray wolf and halting ongoing efforts to restore its populations within the United States.
- Gosar argues that the wolf population has stabilized, predation on livestock has caused economic harm, and current management fails due to dependence on Mexico's population control.
- In May 2024, federal wildlife officials relocated the Manada del Arroyo wolf pack due to a shortage of natural prey that resulted in confirmed livestock attacks, sparking disputes among ranchers, government representatives, and conservation advocates.
- In 2024, the number of wild Mexican gray wolves in the United States surpassed 280, but experts caution that the species remains at risk due to limited genetic variation and a restricted habitat range.
- If delisted, wolves would lose federal protections, ending monitoring and funding, risking increased killings and reversing decades of recovery success amid ongoing legal challenges.
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Proposal to remove protections for Mexican gray wolves could lead to extinction, advocates say • Source New Mexico
A Mexican wolf stares forward standing in a field of grass. (Courtesy New Mexico Department of Game and Fish)A bill introduced Monday, proposing to strip endangered species protections from Mexican gray wolves would mean “unrecoverable losses” for the Southwestern wolves, wildlife advocates said. Arizona Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar’s bill, “Enhancing Safety for Animals Act,” would remove the wolf from the federal list of endangered species a…
Arizona Representatives Behind Bill Aiming to Delist Mexican Wolf from Endangered Species Act
Congressman Paul A. Gosar has introduced legislation that would delist the Mexican wolf from the Endangered Species Act and delink its populations in the United States and Mexico. H.R. 4255, the Enhancing Safety for Animals (ESA) Act, has the support of Congressmen Andy Biggs, Abe Hamadeh, and Eli Crane. https://twitter.com/RepAbeHamadeh/status/1940530935596044593 “Since being reintroduced to the...
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