The Legislature's direction to the DNR that dogs be allowed in the state's sanctioned wolf hunt
prompts the court action.
A broad range of Wisconsin citizens oppose the rules established for
this season," said Jodi Habush Sinykin, an attorney for HS Law in
Milwaukee who is among those representing the plaintiffs. "From hunters
to landowners, ecologists to volunteer trackers and community humane
societies, there is strong agreement that the season was set up without
the restrictions needed to prevent deadly animal fighting."
Plaintiffs include the Wisconsin Federated Humane Societies, Dane
County Humane Society, Wisconsin Humane Society, Fox Valley Humane
Association, Northwood Alliance, National Wolfwatcher Coalition, Jayne
and Michael Belsky and Donna Onstott.
Back a few days ago when the now-close-to-8,000 hunting license applications were rolling in, it didn't take a rocket scientist to
see a lawsuit coming:
Close to 5,000 applications have been received in the first few days of
eligibility for licenses to hunt wolves in a fast-tracked Wisconsin
season beginning this fall during which 201 wolves may be killed,
reports The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel...
Because the legislatively-mandated season allows the use of dogs, traps
and night-hunting generally avoided in other state's, litigation to
block it would not be a surprise.
Fantastic news!
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