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MADISON, Wis. (AP) A national hunting group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to force an immediate start to Wisconsin’s wolf season before President Joe Biden’s administration restores federal protections for the animals.
The Trump administration removed Great Lakes wolves from the federal endangered species list last month, handing management rights to the states. Wisconsin law requires the Department of Natural Resources to hold a wolf hunt between November and February; the agency is planning a season that will begin in November.
A group of Republican legislators demanded the DNR started the hunt immediately before the season window closes at the end of February, but the department’s board refused last week amid concerns that Wisconsin’s Chippewa tribes haven’t been consulted as required by treaty agreements. The Chippewa consider the wolf sacred and are opposed to hunting it.
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The DNR's policy board voted 4-3 last month against opening the season by Feb. 10 amid concerns that the department had not consulted tribal nations as required by treaties and did not have time to set quotas.
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