“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service put faith in the state wildlife agencies to responsibly manage wolf populations, but their overzealous and extreme plans to allow for trophy hunting and recreational trapping immediately after de-listing demonstrate that such confidence was unwarranted,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. “Between Minnesota’s broken promise to wait five years before hunting wolves and Wisconsin’s reckless plan to trap and shoot hundreds of wolves in the first year, it is painfully clear that federal protection must be reasserted. The states have allowed the most extreme voices to grab hold of wolf management, and the result could be devastating for this species.”
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Wisconsin Gazette Documents Wolf Hunt History, Controversy
This year's hunt, mercifully, is about over. This piece helps explain the "harvest."
I couldn't agree more!
ReplyDeleteZones 1, 2 & 4 are closed to further hunting this season.
ReplyDeleteSeason ends on February 28, 2013.
Well, it’s a start anyway.
ReplyDeleteThe number of deer hunters in Wisconsin is dropping, due to the younger generation spurning the sport. This demographic trend will not reverse itself. As a result,
ReplyDeletethere has been much concern expressed recently about the size of the deer herd, the frequency of deer and auto collisions, as well as the damage done to crops and forests.
If deer population is indeed a problem then it is counterproductive for the state to engage in a wholesale slaughter of wolves when these animals already perform the task of herd control at no charge. We need more wolves, not fewer. The wolf hunt has no conservation rationale, is totally political and therefore immoral.
Gareth, I think you mean amoral.
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