A federal appeals court has rejected a lawsuit from conservation groups that want to block wolf hunts that have killed more than 500 of the predators across the Northern Rockies in recent months. The ruling said Congress had the right to intervene when it stripped protections from wolves last spring. That amendment marked the first time Congress has forcibly removed a species' endangered status. Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson said opponents "no longer have a defensible position." Michael Robinson with the Center for Biological Diversity said a Supreme Court appeal was possible but no decision had been made. He called the congressional budget bill rider that lifted protections "undemocratic" and said that it set a precedent for future political meddling with imperiled wildlife.
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