Contact:  Ash Lauth, (847) 340-4570, alauth@biologicaldiversity.org

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2019/sacramento-wolf-rally-hearing-05-03-2019.php

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Dozens of Californians spoke out Thursday, at a Sacramento hearing, against the Trump administration’s proposal to end federal protection for nearly all wolves in the lower 48 states.

The administration released its wolf proposal in March but has refused to schedule any hearings to accept public comment on the topic. Written comments on the plan, which would make the imperiled animals vulnerable to hunting and trapping, are due May 14.

Conservation groups organized Thursday’s public hearing to collect comments on the wolf proposal. Verbal testimony at the hearing will be transcribed and submitted into the official record with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

“People from all walks of life are calling on the Trump administration not to pull the plug on wolf recovery,” said Ash Lauth, a senior California field campaigner at the…