About Wild Gray Wolves This past year has been quite the whirlwind for Wisconsin’s grey Wolf! December 31, 2021 Rachel Tilseth Wolves were delisted in January 2021 and the fight began. Fringe hunters wanted their trophy wolf! And in February 2021 they got their trophy wolf hunt because a conservative advocacy…
Gray Wolf News & Actions Wolf Hounding Wisconsin Wolf Hounding Fact Sheet: Wisconsin, quite literally, throws dogs to wolves January 27, 2021 Rachel Tilseth The Wisconsin legislature sanctioned “Wolf Hounding ” with 2011 Wisconsin Act 169 that allows the use of dogs to track and trail wolves. 2011 Wisconsin Act 169 The following is…
Gray Wolf News & Actions Wisconsin law, Act 169 states: if the wolf is not listed on the federal or Wisconsin endangered list, the department shall allow the hunting and trapping of wolves… August 12, 2020 Rachel Tilseth It’s very evident that if something isn’t done to change the law gray wolves in Wisconsin will be hunted. The United States Fish & Wildlife Service, USFWS will soon be…
Gray Wolf News & Actions Media Release: Federal Wildlife Officials Propose Lifting Endangered Species Act Protections For Gray Wolves in the Lower 48 States March 7, 2019 Rachel Tilseth The announcement was made on Wednesday by Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. The move would return management to the states and tribes, which would reinstate Wisconsin’s wolf hunt that began…
Gray Wolf News & Actions Out of all the states that hunt wolves, only Wisconsin allows hound hunters to use unleashed packs of dogs to hunt wolves… November 18, 2018 Rachel Tilseth Wisconsin, quite literally, throws “dogs to the wolves. The barbaric act of Wolf-Hounding is legal in Wisconsin and is sanctioned when wolves are NOT listed on the Endangered Species List.…