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November 19, 2020 0 Comments

Wolf populations continue to be dangerously low all around the United States and these apex carnivores, so crucial to their ecosystems, now occupy only 15 percent of their historic range in this country.Photo by Richard Seeley/iStock.com1.2KSHARES

Wisconsin, which has a history of decimating its wolf population, is once again raring to open season on these animals soon after a federal rule stripping Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in the lower 48 states goes into effect in January.

At a September meeting of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board, a governor-appointed group that sets policy for the state’s Department of Natural Resources, members pushed for a wolf hunt to occur immediately upondelistingand recommended bypassing the important step of letting state residents weigh in on the decision.

Today, the Humane Society of the United Statessent a letterto Wisconsin’s Gov. Tony…