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Wisconsin groups want Congressional action on gray wolf

A collection of farm and other groups called “The Wisconsin Coalition to Delist Gray Wolves” is asking Congressman Reid Ribble (WI-R) to help remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List.

Last month a U.S. District Judge overturned a U.S. Fish and Wildlife order which delisted the gray wolf in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan in 2011. The Judge put the wolf back on the List and halted all hunting and other control of the wolves.

Citing the resurgence of the wolf and the increasing livestock losses; the coalition is asking Representative Ribble to lead Congressional action to federally reinstate the Fish and Wildlife order and remove the wolf from the Endangered Species List permanently.

Members of the coalition include the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, Wisconsin Farmers Union, National Farmers Organization, Professional Dairy Producers, Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin Pork Producers, Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association, Wisconsin Corn Growers, Wisconsin Soybean Association and others.