Reader’s view: Wolves are an essential part of America’s wildlife | Duluth News Tribune

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Ranchers need to Understand Wolves, as well as other animals were here long before them! I understand the anguish ranchers face when they lose livestock (“Wolf ruling could affect Minnesota livestock,” Jan. 21). However, nearly 98 percent of all livestock losses are from birth defects, illness, injuries, and natural disasters, according to WildEarth Guardians and others. Wolves range in a …

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Northland organizations petition U.S. Fish and Wildlife regarding gray wolves | Northland’s NewsCenter: News, Weather, Sports | NBC, CBS, MyNetworkTV, and The CW for Duluth MN / Superior WI | Local News

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DULUTH, Minn. (NNCNOW.com) — Minnesota and Wisconsin organizations make up a handful of the 23 coming together to petition the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The animal protection and conservation groups want gray wolves to be reclassified as threatened, rather than endangered, which would ban hunting. Click here to subscribe to our daily newsletter. The groups argue that if added …

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Minnesota cattlemen angered by court ruling restoring wolf protection – TwinCities.com

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CLICK HERE FOR STORY….As Far as I am Concerned, Minnesota Cattlemen can take a Hike! Right Back to wherever they came from…. Europe…. MENAHGA, Minn. — Ross Genoch walks through his small cattle herd on a cold, clear January morning. The cows, docile and trusting, approach him expectantly. “They’re hoping for a corn cob. Well, they get treated like pets,” …

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Let wolves ‘determine their own suitable territory’

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CLICK HERE TO READ STORY Minnesota’s wolf recovery plan appeases those who wish to hunt and trap wolves for trophies. The spilling of blood, inflicting of torture with traps and the killing of pups and pregnant females is simply for the amusement of special interests, who enjoy boasting about the trophies they claim. The state’s goal of 1,600 wolves is …