By MinnPost staff
See!? We’ve got to kill them before they kill… Fluffy. Wolf attacks on dogs are up sharply this year, reports MPR’s Dan Kraker, with “…six dogs… killed and four seriously injured” in the past five weeks. Part of the problem? “The placement of wolves on the Endangered Species List, however, prevents the state from holding a managed wolf hunt.
Now wolves can only be killed in defense of human life. … If an attack on pets or livestock is verified, federal trappers can trap and kill wolves caught within a half mile of the incident. In the past nine years, trappers have killed between 114 and 262 in any given year, said John Hart, who oversees the program at the USDA Wildlife Services office in Grand Rapids.”