"WI: Minnesota senator says deal struck to delist wolves" WI: Minnesota senator says deal struck to delist wolves - Outdoor News, Inc: News
Posted: Thursday, December 23, 2010 12:00 pm | Updated: 10:11 am, Tue Dec 21, 2010.
WI: Minnesota senator says deal struck to delist wolves By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Outdoor News, Inc
Minneapolis - Three times in the past half decade the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has removed federal protection of wolves in the Great Lakes region, only to see lawsuits reverse so-called delisting.
Now, at least in part prompted by a U.S. senator, the USFWS plans to again propose delisting, at least in the Midwestern states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota, recently announced a deal had been struck to "expedite removing the Great Lakes wolf from the Endangered Species Act list."
More than 20 hunting dogs - mostly bear hounds - have been killed by Wisconsin wolves this year. The count, as of Dec. 8, came in at 23 dogs killed, 11 dogs attacked and injured, and at least two injured dogs that are believed to be wolf attacks, but were not verified as such. Of the 44 verified fatalities or injuries, 13 of the dogs were not trailing hounds.
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