Wisconsin considers limiting fall wolf hunt after hunters blew past spring quota
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Wildlife officials in Wisconsin meet Wednesday to consider a 130-animal limit for the state's fall wolf hunt, saying they want to protect the population after hunters killed almost twice as many wolves as allotted during a rushed spring season.
Wolves have always been a touchy subject in Wisconsin. Farmers and residents across northern Wisconsin contend wolves menace their pets and livestock and hunting is the only way to control them. Conservationists counter that the population is too small to sustain hunting. The fight grew even more intense after hunters this spring killed 218 wolves in four days, blowing past a 119-animal limit before the DNR could shut the season down. Nearly 60 people have registered to speak at Wednesday's meeting, including the president of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa — the Chippewa consider the wolf sacred — and representatives from the Sierra Club and the Humane Society of the United States. The pro-hunting side has lined up members of hunter advocacy group Hunter Nation, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, the Wisconsin Alliance of Sporting Dogs and the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association.More Related News