Minnesota House moves to ban wolf hunting

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The Minnesota House on Tuesday, April 30, voted to ban hunting of wolves. National Park Service photo

ST. PAUL — By a one-vote margin, the Minnesota House on Tuesday, April 30, voted to ban hunting of wolves — a victory for wolf protectionists hoping to gird against the Trump administration’s plan to remove protections for the iconic animal.

A ban on wolf hunting would be a reversal for Minnesota — the only state in the Lower 48 where the animals were never eradicated and the first to adopt a hunting season when it became legal again several years ago.

Today, wolf hunting isn’t allowed — but only because the animal is on the federal endangered species list. Under current state law, if wolves were removed from the protections of the Endangered Species Act…

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