Wolf Kill Permits Trigger Lawsuit

  • Gray wolves are listed as endangered in most states. (Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Fish and Wildlife Service)

The Humane Society has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the permits two states use to kill problem wolves. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Chuck Quirmbach reports:

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The Humane Society has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the permits two states use to kill problem wolves. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Chuck Quirmbach reports:


Wisconsin and Michigan have had programs to euthanize gray wolves
that are destroying livestock. But in January, a federal court returned
the wolves to endangered status and halted the two states from
killing problem wolves.


A couple months later, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued new permits for Wisconsin and Michigan. But Humane Society attorney Patricia Lane says federal officials didn’t allow enough public input.


“They basically issued these permits under the table without any notice.”


Lane says the lack of public debate sets a bad precedent.
But the Fish and Wildlife Service says Wisconsin and Michigan were
told they could resume killing problem wolves, because the new
permits were similar to ones issued in the past.


For the GLRC, I’m Chuck Quirmbach.

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