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State Board Won't Allow Wolf Hunting » Urban Milwaukee


Natural Resources Board votes against resuming hunt, citing science, rejecting GOP legislators request.
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Gray wolf. Photo by Derek Bakken / (CC BY)
The Natural Resources Board narrowly rejected a request by Republican lawmakers to direct the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to immediately resume a wolf hunt in Wisconsin. The board voted 4-3 against setting a quota and resuming the wolf hunt in February.
Tribes, conservation and animal rights groups urged the state not to rush a hunt following the Trump administration’s decision in October to delist the animal as an endangered species. The rule by the former administration went into effect this month. Lawmakers and hunters argued state law requires a wolf hunt when the animal isn’t under federal protection, saying wolf management has been put off for too long. ....

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