IRONWOOD – Many Upper Peninsula residents aren’t hunting anymore because they fear their dogs will be killed by wolves, state Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, said Wednesday.
Casperson presided at a Michigan Senate Natural Resources Committee hearing and Gogebic County area residents offered their input via a vidoeconference set-up at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood.
At the end of the session, the Senate committee advanced the legislation on a 4-1 vote.
About 30 people were in attendance at GCC and most offered comments, both pro and con, about Casperson’s plans to introduce a resolution asking the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to appeal the U.S. District Court decision that placed wolves under federal protection.
Joe Allen, who traps in the Marenisco area, said he has trapped and released 70 wolves unharmed in the past five years, while seeking other animals.
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