On December 19, 2014 a judge ordered Great Lakes Wolves back on the endangered species list. However, it didn't come soon enough for the 528 wolves that lost their lives to 3 years of reckless trophy hunting in WI. The leading kill method was trapping with a total of of 242 wolves killed in the 2013 …
WI’s Wolves are Finally Free from Reckless Trophy Hunts: It’s time to examine the facts and to dispell the myths about wolves…
Winter landscape Douglas county WI (Photograph by Rachel Tilseth) Federal Judge Howell ordered Great Lakes wolves back on the Endangered Species list. Read about this in previous blog here: http://wolvesofdouglascountywisconsin.com/2014/12/20/recreational-hunting-of-great-lakes-wolves-is-stopped-wolves-are-back-on-the-federal-endangered-species-list-immediately/ It's time to take down the fences, start a dialog, and bring back WI's reputation as an environmental leader. Aldo Leopold and land ethic, A …
WI’s Wild Wolves are Federally Protected: The Endangered Species Act…The ESA prohibits harassing, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping…
Great Lakes wolves ordered returned to endangered list as of Friday December 19, 2014 read more here: http://wolvesofdouglascountywisconsin.com/2014/12/20/recreational-hunting-of-great-lakes-wolves-is-stopped-wolves-are-back-on-the-federal-endangered-species-list-immediately/ The following is a reminder to anyone who knowingly kills a WI wolf. The Endangered Species Act "The ESA prohibits harassing, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing and collecting listed species, unless specifically permitted, or …
Recreational Hunting of Great Lakes Wolves is Stopped: Wolves are back on the federal Endangered species list immediately…
(Photograph by Mike Crowley a Wisconsinite) It's about time the Fish and game agencies are made accountable for their reckless trophy hunting of wolves. When wolves were delisted in 2012 states , like WI, jumped in to hunt them. This was a deplorable decision to hunt an endangered species just fresh off of federal protection. …
From Today’s Headlines: Hunter Asks For More Trapping Regulations After Dog Dies In Conibear…
In the news. Hunter Asks For More Trapping Regulations After Dog Dies In Conibear. December 18, 2014 10:46 PM "MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minnesota hunter is pushing for change after his dog was caught and killed in a trap. Mark Johnson’s 7-year-old lab, Bronco, was killed in a body grip trap while they were grouse …
Tracks of the Wild Wolf: What you don’t see you feel…
By Rachel Tilseth Strap on the snowshoes for a walk deep into the north woods. Listen for the sounds of the chickadee, the cackle of the raven and the crunch of fresh snow under your shoes. The cold fresh crisp air gives way to clear thoughts. Thoughts of wolves nearby. Sights of the first wolf …
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Wolf Weekly Wrap-Up
WI Department of Natural Resources New Wolf Management Draft Plan Will Be Up for Public Comment in January
By Rachel Tilseth, Wolves Of Douglas County Wisconsin The new WI wolf management draft plan update that will be in effect for the next ten years (2025) and is scheduled to be released in early January. Then public input process will begin: written comments and public hearings (6) will be held throughout the state in …
2014 Wisconsin Wolf Hunt Ends, Sort Of….
Wolf Killed WDNR Violation Hotline Followup: Leads to questions of ethics.
Concern over whether hound hunter's dogs caused the wound on this beautiful 80 pound male wild WI wolf (displayed in the above photograph) led me to call this into the WDNR violation hot line on Wednesday 12/03/14. My response at first glance of this dead wolf displayed on social media sent me into, first immediate …
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