Conservation Groups File For Injunction To Halt Montana Wolf Trapping, Protect Grizzly Bears

Advocates seek stop to Montana’s 2023 wolf trapping season pending a court decision on alleged Endangered Species Act violations.

Conservation groups moved on Friday to enjoin Montana’s 2023 wolf trapping season on the grounds that the trapping harms federally-protected grizzly bears in the state. The groups, the Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force and WildEarth Guardians, called for the preliminary injunctionas part of a lawsuit against the State of Montana alleging that new trapping regulations, which expand wolf trapping in grizzly habitat,cause unlawful “take” of grizzlies in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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