"Wisconsin Shuts Down Hunt After 216 Wolves Are Killed In 3 Days"

"Hunters blew past a cap of 119 wolves after the Trump administration ditched protections for the animals just last month."

"Wisconsin officials shut down a planned weeklong wolf hunt in just three days after 216 of the animals were killed — 82% more than the maximum that had been set by the state.

“This season trampled over tribes’ treaty rights, the Wisconsin public, and professional wildlife stewardship,” a spokesperson for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“It will go down as a stark example of mismanagement, and the problems that can be expected when the state Legislature and the courts embrace special interest groups over the public as a whole.”

Megan Nicholson, director of the Wisconsin chapter of the Humane Society of the United States, called the killing spree a “deeply sad and shameful week for Wisconsin.”"

Mary Papenfuss reports for HuffPost February 26, 2021.

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"Wisconsin's Hastily Arranged Wolf Hunting And Trapping Season Ended With Many More Killed Than Quota" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)