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Bill introduced to take wolves off endangered list

Photos by Paul and Judy Canik of Butternut, WI of sheep killed by wolves on their farm.

Farmers could protect their livestock from wolves under a U.S. House of Representatives bill introduced this week.

Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN)

The bill by Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson and Wisconsin Republican Sean Duffy would return management of the gray wolves to the states and stop federal judges from protecting the predators.

Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI 7th Dist.)

Duffy tells Brownfield the bipartisan bill has the support of Speaker Paul Ryan, and with a new Senate, has a better chance of passing… which he says is needed now.  “It’s an issue that really affects different regions of the country, that we have the gray wolf population decimating our livestock causing great economic harm to our farmers.”

Two federal judges put wolves back on the endangered species list in 2014, taking away state management.  It’s now illegal to harm a wolf, even to protect children, pets, and livestock.

Duffy says the bill will have to go through the House Natural Resources Committee before reaching the House floor.

The bill is getting praise from two Wisconsin state legislators.  State Senator Tom Tiffany and Representative Adam Jarchow issued a joint statement urging Congress to pass it as soon as possible, and for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to instruct the Department of Natural Resources to prepare for a fall wolf hunt.

The bill is HR 424, and is co-sponsored by:

Liz Cheney, Wyoming

Richard Nolan, Minnesota

Tom Emmer, Minnesota

Raul Labrador, Idaho

James Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin

Michael Simpson, Idaho

Bill Huizenga, Michigan

Mike Gallagher, Wisconsin (Reid Ribble’s freshman replacement)

Ron Kind, Wisconsin

John Moolenaar, Michigan

Tim Walberg, Michigan

Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin

Jack Bergman, Michigan

 

 

 

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