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Bill includes money for wolf control

Bill includes money for wolf control

NEWS TRIBUNE

Legislation that will fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the next
fiscal year includes more than$1 million for federal wolf control in Great
Lakes states.

The $1.05 million will go to federal wolf-control efforts in Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Those efforts include trapping and killing problem wolves near where
livestock have been killed. This year, Wisconsin and Michigan have begun
wolf-control measures after the animal was upgraded from endangered to
threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Until now, wolves in
Wisconsin and Michigan had to be trapped and released elsewhere.

For years, Minnesota wolves have been declared threatened, and about 200
adult wolves are trapped and destroyed each year near confirmed livestock
kills.

Wisconsin 7th District Congressman Dave Obey included the new money this
week during a bill-writing session by the House Appropriations Agriculture
Subcommittee. Obey is the Appropriations Committee’s top-ranking Democrat.

“Today, we got onto first base — a necessary step and a solid start,”
Obey said. It’s the same amount of money included for wolf management last
year.

Minnesota has about 2,600 wolves. Wisconsin and Michigan have more than
300 each.

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