Legal Opinion
United States v. Chad Kirch McKittrick
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1998No. 97-30090PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge SKOPIL; Concurrence by Judge O’SCANNLAIN.
SKOPIL, Senior Circuit Judge:
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The gray wolf, or Canis Lupus, is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) throughout the coterminous United States, except in Minnesota, where it is listed as threatened. 50 C.F.R. § 17.11(h). Gray wolf populations in Canada, however, are plentiful. Pursuant to ESA section 10(j), the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) captured Canadian gray wolves and released them in Yellowstone National Park as an “experimental population” designed to replenish wolves in Wyoming and parts of Montana and…
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