Gray wolf endangered status to be reviewed after Trump administration removed protection

By Luke Gentile

Published September 16, 2021 7:46pm ET

Gray wolf endangered status to be reviewed after Trump administration removed protection — FILE - This April 18, 2008, file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a gray wolf. The California Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday April 16, 2014, will consider listing the gray wolf as an endangered species. The wolf has been absent from California since the 1920s, but the appearance of a lone wolf in recent years in the north state has advocates pushing for protection in the hope that it will return in greater numbers. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gary Kramer, File) | Uncedited

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it would review the status of the American gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act after former President Donald Trump’s administration removed the animal from the endangered list.

The Department of the Interior’s review comes in the wake of two petitions sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asking for the animal to be relisted.