Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4255 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4255 To remove the Mexican wolf from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 30, 2025 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Crane, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. Zinke) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To remove the Mexican wolf from the lists of threatened species and endangered species published pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DELISTING OF MEXICAN WOLF. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following: (1) The Mexican wolf population has increased for 9 consecutive years, growing by at least 11 percent in 2024. (2) At the end of 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service documented a presence of at least 286 wild Mexican wolves and approximately 350 captive Mexican wolves. (3) The United States Mexican Wolf population is thriving and will meet its recovery goals for gene diversity, population growth, and abundance. (4) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has repeatedly moved Mexican wolf recovery goalposts through amended recovery plans, revised population and genetic objectives, and reduced mitigation opportunities. (5) Current United States Fish and Wildlife recovery strategies and goals encompass not only t