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This is supposed to be to protect our hounds...
Lawsuit against DNR seeks to stop wolf hunt
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August 08, 2012 4:00 pm • Wisconsin State Journal(0) Comments
MADISON — A lawsuit against the state Department of Natural Resources that seeks to halt the Wisconsin wolf hunt, scheduled to begin Oct. 15, has been filed in Dane County Circuit Court by a coalition of humane societies, ecologists and others who oppose the five-month hunting season.
The lawsuit charges that the agency failed to use its regulatory authority to impose restrictions on the use of dogs for hunting wolves. According to the suit, the DNR failed to comply with a statutory directive that requires the agency to impose restrictions on training and hunting with dogs and to “curtail unsafe proximity between dogs and wolves.”
Evidence submitted as part of the lawsuit, including testimony from UW-Madison experts, seeks to show that dogs used for hunting wolves are likely to suffer severe injuries or to be killed by wolves in the absence of DNR-imposed restrictions that prevent direct physical encounters between the animals.
“Dog packs that that will be used to chase a wolf or a pack of wolves will be regarded by the wolves as a threat,” said Dick Thiel, a retired DNR wolf manager who submitted testimony as part of the lawsuit. “Attacks will be swift and furious. Dogs will be seriously injured and die, and wolves will be injured and die as they both fight by slashing out with their canines and carnassial teeth.”
Jodi Habush Sinykin, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, said the DNR’s wolf-hunting rule creates a “regulatory void” regarding the use of dogs in the hunt.
The hunt is supported by several hunting and wildlife groups, including the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association and the Wisconsin Hunters’ Coalition.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction to halt the hunt until the DNR establishes reasonable restrictions on the use of dogs.
Lawsuit against WI seeks to stop wolf hunt
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