Trump to Sign Order Letting Ranchers Process Their Own Beef
The orders let smaller ranchers bypass some processors and direct more meat to consumers while the administration seeks to ease record-high beef prices.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin stripping Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves and the Mexican wolf, directing Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to assess recovery within 90 days.
- During a meeting with ranchers, Trump told attendees they could "shoot 'em as of today" despite federal protections remaining in place, claiming ranchers play a "vital role" in the food supply chain.
- Following the president's remarks, Rollins clarified that "Secretary Burgum has to do a project first," as the room laughed, explaining the administrative process requires formal assessment before protections change.
- Conservation groups condemned the executive order, with Kitty Block, CEO of the nonprofit Humane World for Animals, stating the move would "jeopardize decades of recovery and open the door for brutal killing."
- Recovery data shows 319 Mexican wolves lived in the wild in 2025, up from four when reintroduced in 1998, while previous delisting attempts in 2020 and 2024 faced legal challenges that restored protections.
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President Trump signs order to review gray, Mexican wolf protections
EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday calling on the Secretary of the Interior to review endangered species protections for the gray wolf and the Mexican wolf in a move to support ranchers protecting livestock. In the executive order, President Trump says that while the Administration has done several
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to determine, within 90 days, whether the gray wolf and the Mexican grey wolf meet the recovery criteria established by the Endangered Species Act to withdraw their protection and authorize their lethal elimination to support and protect U.S. ranchers, the White House reported yesterday.
President Donald Trump signed an order to withdraw protection of the Mexican grey wolf in order to protect U.S. cattle
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