The size of the state’s wolf population will probably generate more debate, following a wolf attack on a 16-year-old boy last weekend, in northern Minnesota.
The boy was camping, and he survived what’s being called the first documented serious wolf attack on a human in that state.
The animals are also moving south, in Wisconsin. George Meyer of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation says they’re living as far south as Monroe County.
The DNR estimates there are about 800 wolves in Wisconsin, and that’s well above the agency’s population goal of around 350. The state’s second annual wolf hunt is set to begin on October 15.