Rewards Offered For UP Wolf Killings
Briefs from the Upper Peninsula
The Associated Press
Published Nov. 26, 2002
IRONWOOD, Mich. – State officials are offering rewards for information in
the recent shooting deaths of two protected gray wolves in the Upper
Peninsula.
A female wolf was found dead Nov. 6 about eight miles north of Ironwood,
according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Another dead
female wolf was found near the Black River, north of Powder Horn Mountain.
Both animals were shot to death and their bodies located in Gogebic
County, the DNR said.
Rewards of $1,500 are offered in both cases. Wolves are listed as an
endangered species under federal law. Anyone with information may contact
the Report-all-Poaching hot line at 800-292-7800.
The recent deaths bring to at least six the number of wolves killed in the
Upper Peninsula this year, DNR officials said.