Group offers farmers cash not to trap wolves

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The Wolf Forgiveness Bonus Program aims to reduce the number of wolves killed near livestock farms.

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The group Howling for Wolves is offering farmers up to $750 for each cow killed by a wolf in Minnesota, in addition to state reimbursement payments, but only if the livestock owner doesn’t call-in federal trappers to kill the wolf.

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/northland-outdoors/group-offers-farmers-cash-not-to-trap-wolves

ByJohn Myers

July 26, 2022 04:29 PM

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HOPKINS, Minn. — Every year in Minnesota, upward of 150 wolves are trapped and killed under a federal program to reduce predation on livestock at northern Minnesota farms and ranches.

But the group Howling For Wolves is offering farmers extra cash if they choose not to call in the federal government to do the trapping.

The Wolf Forgiveness Bonus Program, announced Tuesday, would pay livestock owners $600 per calf and $750 per adult cow…

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