U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ordered a preliminary injunction requiring Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to limit all wolf trapping and snaring in the state west of Billings.
A federal judge in Missoula issued an order late Tuesday afternoon that will limit Montana’s wolf trapping season to Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 next year in hunting Regions 1
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks must cut its wolf trapping season back to six weeks across the western two-thirds of the state to prevent injuries to grizzly bears, according to a court ruling.