Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit that seeks to stop Washington state from killing any more wolves.
The lawsuit filed Monday in Thurston County Superior Court by the Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands asserts that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s killing of wolves in two packs in the northeastern part of the state relied on a faulty protocol and failed to undergo required environmental analysis.
The agency has approved killing wolves in an effort to stop attacks on cattle.
Officials have said they authorize incremental lethal control of wolves in accordance with established protocols after nonlethal prevention techniques fail. (AP)
