That protection was lifted in 2012 in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and the states then created wolf hunting seasons which were criticized by animal rights groups.
And then replace the biased term animal rights with special interest,
That protection was lifted in 2012 in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and the states then created wolf hunting seasons which were criticized by special interest groups.
And then consider that the MWA and the Concerned Duck Hunters are also special interest groups and replace wolf with teal,
That protection was lifted in 2014 in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan, and the states then created teal hunting seasons. In Minnesota special interest groups successfully lobbied to prevent a season from being opened.
It's interesting that within a little over a year the USFWS gave MN the authority to implement not just one but two hunting seasons they hadn't been able to hold for decades.
Wouldn't it be funny if on one the DNR barged ahead and then successfully argued in court they didn't need public input to open a hunt because they set ALL seasons based on current and future population sustainability goals from a science based management approach, and that public input is not scientific.......
.......and then refused to open a season on the other one while admitting they didn't have any reasons from a population and science based management standpoint and used public input in the form of a very non-scientific survey as the exclusive justification for being against holding a season?
That wouldn't just be funny that'd be a potentially huge legal quandry for them if anyone ever noticed the glaring legal discrepancy they set for themselves! All one would have to do is file a lawsuit against the DNR in the MN court of appeals and get Landwehr and his cronies on the stand and hold them to their own line of testimony from the 2013 case and they're absolutely dead in the water.
On top of that Howling for Wolves would most likely sue their azzes for discrimination and be awarded millions.
Thank god for the DNR's sake no one has done this or tipped off HFW!