Wolf hunt rests w/ courts

[Lee Borgersen]

 September 23, 2012,
 
    ..... Future of wolf hunt rests with courts.


Two animal protection groups filed a lawsuit with the Minnesota Court of Appeals last week, seeking an injunction against wolf hunting and trapping in Minnesota this fall.


As reported in Wednesday’s News Tribune, the Center for Biological Diversity and Howling for Wolves say the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources failed to provide a formal opportunity for public comment on recently approved rules setting the details of the upcoming wolf hunting and trapping season.

The groups say that’s a violation of the state’s rulemaking requirement set in state statutes and that the hunt can’t legally go forward until the DNR holds a formal public input process.

  DNR spokesman Chris Niskanen said last week that the agency had not been served with the petition and couldn’t comment on the legal action.

However, the DNR said in a news release that this year’s wolf season “poses no biological or conservation threat to the wolf population.”

Minnesota’s first wolf hunt in more than 40 years is scheduled to begin Nov. 3 with the opening of the deer firearms season.

[GRIZ]

Well then they would have to refund the lic fees as they already been drawn.

There was a public input meeting. They just were not invited is what this lawsuit is about.

Nor should they be invited. That would be like inviting a car salesman to a farmers convention telling them when to plant crops and what type and variety.

The issue is with management of wildlife. Sometimes management involves death which these people are against. That is why they should have no input in management. They have emotions on the issue but not knowledge.

[lentz]

The government can't afford to send all of the money back so I think there will be. Wolf hunt curious at how much they made

[Stnmtz]

Well i think there were around 22000 apps at $4 a piece then is it 6000 tags? I think at 30 for resident ad 240 for non  so over 100 k

[lentz]

Ya well probobly have a wolf season

[Cody Gruchow]

I did the math. It's just over 250k