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"Wisconsin Shuts Down Hunt After 216 Wolves Are Killed In 3 Days" [1]

"Hunters blew past a cap of 119 wolves after the Trump administration ditched protections for the animals just last month."

"Wisconsin officials shut down a planned weeklong wolf hunt in just three days after 216 of the animals were killed — 82% more than the maximum that had been set by the state.

“This season trampled over tribes’ treaty rights, the Wisconsin public, and professional wildlife stewardship,” a spokesperson for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“It will go down as a stark example of mismanagement, and the problems that can be expected when the state Legislature and the courts embrace special interest groups over the public as a whole.”

Megan Nicholson, director of the Wisconsin chapter of the Humane Society of the United States, called the killing spree a “deeply sad and shameful week for Wisconsin.”"

Mary Papenfuss reports for HuffPost February 26, 2021. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Wisconsin's Hastily Arranged Wolf Hunting And Trapping Season Ended With Many More Killed Than Quota" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) [3]

Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Wildlife [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Public [9]
Source: HuffPost [2], 03/01/2021
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wisconsin-shuts-down-hunt-after-216-wolves-are-killed-3-days [2] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wisconsin-wolf-hunt-216-endangered-species_n_60398372c5b601179ebd8716 [3] https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2021/02/24/wisconsin-wolf-harvest-exceeds-statewide-quota-119/4573957001/ [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81