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There won t be a wolf hunt this winter in Wisconsin
Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After four hours of often emotional public testimony, including from tribal members who consider the wolf a brother and a dairy farmer who has watched calves eaten alive by the predators, the Natural Resources Board voted Friday against holding a wolf hunting and trapping season this winter in Wisconsin.
The vote by the citizen board, which sets policy for the Department of Natural Resources, was 4-3.
The special meeting was called after a group of Republican legislators last week urged the NRB to implement a wolf hunting season in January and February with set quotas, application dates and set number of tags to be issued. ....

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