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Science tells us that, even if the powers that be do not.JULY 10, 2021 — 9:29PM

U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICEIn October, federal wildlife officials announced the removal of the wolf’s endangered species protections.TEXT SIZE17EMAILPRINTMOREDennis Anderson@STRIBDENNIS

Wolves were first hunted some 10,000 years ago, and the fact that people are still weighing the merits of this practice demonstrates if nothing else humans’ fascination with argument. The first known wolf bounty was offered in the sixth century B.C., and between then and the early 1900s, when the U.S. government accelerated its effort to eradicate the troublesome canines with strychnine, the animals have grown in lore and legend to be both sinner and saint, depending on viewpoint, flip a coin.

So it is no surprise that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, its finger ever to the wind, will meet for another six months…