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Hunters killed 218 wolves in 4 days during spring, exceeding 119-animal limit

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Wildlifeofficials inWisconsinmeet Wednesday to consider a 130-animal limit for the state’s fall wolfhunt, saying they want to protect the population after hunters killed almost twice as many wolves as allotted during a rushed spring season.

The state Department of Natural Resources’ policy board was scheduled to take up the proposal in Milwaukee, with the vote certain to be contentious.

Wolves have always been a touchy subject in Wisconsin. Farmers and residents across northern Wisconsin contend wolves menace their pets and livestock and hunting is the only way to control them. Conservationists counter that the population is too small to sustain hunting. The fight grew even more intense after hunters this spring…