Advertise with us | Subscribe

Pierce County´s No. 1 news Web site

print article Print     e-mail article E-mail
Published December 13, 2010, 06:14 PM

State wildlife officials support delisting of gray wolf

Outdoor News
-- Wisconsin wildlife officials say they support a third effort to remove the gray wolf from the federal endangered species’ list. The U.S. Fish-and-Wildlife Service said last week it would try again to de-list the wolf, after lawsuits from animal rights groups rejected the action twice before.

MADISON - Wisconsin wildlife officials say they support a third effort to remove the gray wolf from the federal endangered species’ list. The U.S. Fish-and-Wildlife Service said last week it would try again to de-list the wolf, after lawsuits from animal rights groups rejected the action twice before.

DNR Secretary Matt Frank said scientific evidence supports a de-listing – and it would allow states like Wisconsin to manage its wolf population any way it chooses. Wisconsin has had a management plan in place during the two times the wolf had been removed from the endangered list. The effort seeks to strike a balance between protecting the animal, and preventing wolves from killing farm livestock.

According to the state’s latest estimate from last winter, Wisconsin had between 690 and 733 wolves. The upper figure is almost three times as large as the state’s estimate of 248 in 2000. A new population estimate is due out in April.

Tags:

More from around the web