Midwest wolf hunting faces legal challenge
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Humane Society of the United States and other animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to restore federal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region that were lifted last year.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of the Interior, said the decision to take wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan off the endangered list threatens the animals’ recovery throughout most of their historic range. At one time, the animals roamed nearly all of North America.
The Humane Society of the United States provided a copy of the lawsuit to The Associated Press before its public announcement. The other plaintiffs include Born Free USA, Help Our Wolves Live and Friends of Animals and Their Environment.
Hunters and trappers in Minnesota and Wisconsin killed 530 wolves combined during those states’ recently concluded seasons — 413 in Minnesota and 117 in Wisconsin.
The Michigan Legislature voted in December to authorize wolf hunting, which could resume as early as this fall if the state’s Natural Resources Commission approves.
Feb 14, 2013 at 8:34 a.m.
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Of course there are going to be lawsuits against the State. But the trouble is the amount already generated by Walker. I just checked Doyle on the circuit court access. He had 4 suits in the 8 years he served. Walker has only been in office two years and already has 8 suits. Walker has already had 8 times the lawsuits that Doyle had. When Doyle was in office they had bi partisan support of bills. Everyone worked together. Walker and his lemmings are are partisan as they c Instead of taking the time to develop the laws, look at all the angles, get all the ideas they ram rod the laws through the system causing all these lawsuits. Which costs us tax payers massive legal fees to pay for the reupblican shenanigans.
Feb 12, 2013 at 11:56 p.m.
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HSUS is an anti hunting group that wants to protect a pack that can and does kill family pets, but promotes adoptions. HighRoad, the State had to fight in court with Doyle's shenanigans, too.
Feb 12, 2013 at 7:49 p.m.
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Another fine example of a Republican law ram rodded into law without much thought to the ramifications. What ever happened to taking the time to pass laws? We must have an endless pile of taxpayer money to defend the republican shenanigans in court
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