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1:50   On the heels of Wisconsin's first wolf hunt in several years, groups are calling for a lot more planning in future seasons, after hunters killed far more wolves than the state had intended. Last month's hunt was prompted by a court order after wolves were removed from the federal endangered-species list. The state Department of Natural Resources wanted to wait until later this year, but a lawsuit prompted a hastily organized hunt in February, with a quota of 119 wolves. However, more than 200 were killed in just a few days. Kristin Schrank, board vice president at Alliance for Anima...

Local View: Saving wolves for the slaughter From the column: "Years ago, on a foggy summer morning, I came face to face with a wolf on the edge of the Chequamegon National Forest. ... It’s a disgrace and a shame and a crime if it was shot to death for political vindication (this past week). Or for fun." Written By: David McGrath | × Hunters and trappers in Wisconsin needed less than three days to exceed the DNR's wolf harvest goal quota by about 40%. (Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin DNR) In Shirley Jackson’s classic short story, “The Lottery,” the villagers of a smal...

AP Photos In Shirley Jackson’s classic short story “The Lottery,” the villagers of a small town randomly choose one of their own to stone to death for no ostensible purpose other than the cathartic thrill of the kill. A similarly macabre lottery recently was conducted by our neighbors in Wisconsin. Following the Trump administration’s controversial removal of the gray wolf from the federal endangered species list, just days before Donald Trump left office, 2,380 Wisconsin hunters chosen by lottery from 27,151 applicants “won” the privilege of buying licenses to kill 119 wolves ov...

Hunters and trappers registered 82 wolves, 69% of the statewide harvest quota, in the first 39 hours of the hunting season.

Wisconsin's first wolf hunt in seven years ended early after participants’ harvested 69% of the statewide quota in less than two days, prompting wildlife authorities to shut it down.