Wolf advocates ask judge to suspend Montana’s current wolf seasons

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Wolf advocates ask judge to suspend Montana’s current wolf seasons

WOLF ADVOCATES ASK JUDGE TO SUSPEND MONTANA’S CURRENT WOLF SEASONS

Missoula Current

https://missoulacurrent.com/wolf-judge-suspend/

Missoula CurrentPublished: November 11, 2022

Laura Lundquist

(Missoula Current)Wolf advocates asked a Montana judge to halt the state’s wolf hunting and trapping season while their lawsuit against the state is being considered.

Late Thursday afternoon,attorneys forWildEarthGuardians and Project Coyote filedin Lewis and Clark County courtfora temporary restraining order andinjunctionto stopMontana’scurrent wolf hunt and prevent the wolf trapping season from starting on Nov. 28.

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“As of the filing of this motion, 55 wolves have died at the hands of Montana hunters, including one near the border of Yellowstone National Park. When the trapping season opens on November 28, this killing will accelerate as new dispatch methods enter the field,” attorney RobFarris-Olsen wrote in therequest.

The “new dispatch methods” include neck snares, which were mandated by the…

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