Wolf news roundup
By Moosetrack Megan

Posted: May 14, 2016

News was hopping in the wolf world this week.

First, wildlife commissioners rejected a plan to triple the wolf harvest quota from 2 to 6 in the Yellowstone area. The commissioners will have another chance to make final recommendations for harvest in July.

Read more here: http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2016/may/13/tripling-wolf-harvest-outside-yellowstone-rejected/

Also, researchers released a study saying that wolf hunting has a negative impact on tourists seeing wolves. More here: http://www.postregister.com/articles/featured-outdoors-west/2016/05/11/study-wolf-hunting-impacts-sightings-Yellowstone

Wildlife advocates say they will sue to stop the export of bobcat and wolf fur from the U.S.: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/group-seeks-to-halt-u-s-exports-of-fur-from/article_b8e7a172-6de7-5355-8d22-49944288f421.html

 

 

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