Minnesota Rally, Public Hearing to Focus on Trump Plan to End Wolf Protection

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https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/minnesota-rally-public-hearing-focus-trump-plan-end-wolf-protection-2019-06-20/

MINNEAPOLIS— Wolf advocates will rally on Tuesday in Brainerd, Minn., just before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s only public hearing on the Trump administration proposal to end federal protection for nearly all gray wolves in the lower 48 states.

The Fish and Wildlife Service is providing just one public hearing and open house on its nationwide wolf delisting proposal. That hearing, on Tuesday, will be preceded by a rally for wolves featuring speakers and advocates with signs.

“We’re speaking out and fighting back against this heartless plan to strip protection away from wolves,” said Collette Adkins, carnivore conservation director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Wolves in Minnesota and other states would be vulnerable to hunting and trapping if this proposal moves forward, but we won’t let that happen.”

What: A rally for wolves followed by a public open house and hearing, where the public can testify…

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