Thursday, August 9 2012 6:07 PM EDT2012-08-09 22:07:27 GMT
Wolf hunting opponents gathered at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Thursday morning to rally and present a petition to stop the inaugural wolf hunt.
Wolf hunting opponents gathered at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Thursday morning to rally and present a petition to stop the inaugural wolf hunt.
Thursday, July 12 2012 11:43 AM EDT2012-07-12 15:43:24 GMT
The Minnesota wolf hunting season will open Nov. 3 with a target harvest of 400. The DNR is setting conservative rules, with the goal of ensuring the long-term survival of wolves in Minnesota.
The Minnesota wolf hunting season will open Nov. 3 with a target harvest of 400. The DNR is setting conservative rules, with the goal of ensuring the long-term survival of wolves in Minnesota, while addressing wolf and human conflicts.
Thursday, August 2 2012 1:16 PM EDT2012-08-02 17:16:32 GMT
A major media campaign protesting the upcoming wolf hunt in Minnesota launched Thursday, starring a billboard on Highway 35 in Roseville that calls the plan "DNR Torture."
A major media campaign protesting the upcoming wolf hunt in Minnesota launched Thursday, starring a billboard on Highway 35 in Roseville that calls the plan "DNR Torture."
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota has paid out a record $154,136 to residents whose livestock or pets were killed by wolves in the past year, part of a gradual upward trend also seen in Wisconsin and Michigan.
All three states took the gray wolf off the endangered list in January.
The claims provide further evidence that wolves are thriving in the Upper Midwest, even as animal rights groups protest plans for wolf hunting seasons this fall in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Officials in those states say populations have recovered enough to support limited hunting.
Michigan hasn't set a sport wolf hunting season so far.
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