WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) – The endangered status of Wisconsin grey wolves could be removed again under a new bill in Congress.
GOP Senator Ron Johnson and Sherwood House Republican Reid Ribble have joined two Wyoming lawmakers to try and let two federal agencies decide when wolves should be endangered.
Wisconsin is no longer managing its own wolf population, after a federal judge approved the U.S. Humane Society’s request to bring back the endangered status a year ago.
Farmers could no longer shoot wolves that hurt and kill their livestock. The ruling also ended Wisconsin’s three-year-old wolf hunting season — a major point of criticism in the Humane Society’s lawsuit.
The bill would nullify such court decisions that apply to the Upper Midwest and Wyoming.
With almost 900 wolves documented in Wisconsin this year, Johnson says there’s hardly a need to have federal protections for a species that has proven to be recovered and healthy.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
