Tomorrow's MN Senate hearing: Show for the Wolf. Howling For Wolves released data from a recently conducted statewide poll that shows the majority of Minnesota voters support reinstating the five-year waiting period on recreational wolf hunting and trapping.
In fact, two thirds (66%) of respondents believe that there is no need for a wolf hunt if Minnesotans already have the legal authority to kill a wolf if it threatens people, livestock, and property. Just 25% disagree, saying that a wolf hunt is still necessary. Read the full press release. Reminder: The Senate hearing of S.F. 666 to reinstate a five-year waiting period on wolf hunting and trapping is Thursday, March 14th at 12 pm, but be there early. Wear your Howling For Wolves t-shirts and buttons, but leave your rally signs at home. The hearing will take place in the State Capitol building, Room 107.
Important We want to make our presence felt on Thursday, but we need to remember that we are ambassadors of the wolf. DNR Hearings For Species of Special Concern: Gray Wolves. Tuesday, January 29, 2013 6pm-8pmRamada Hotel and Conference Room, 1517 16th Street SW,Rochester, Minnesota 55902 (Click for map) Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6pm-8pmNew Ulm Community Center, 600 North German, NewUlm, Minnesota 56073 (Click for map) Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6pm-8pmThe Sanford Center – Bemidji Regional Event Center, 1111Event Center Drive NE, Bemidji, Minnesota 56601 (Click for map) Wednesday, February 6, 2013 6pm-8pmGitchee Gumee Conference Center, U.S.
EnvironmentalProtection Agency Mid-Continent Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Boulevard,Duluth, Minnesota 55804 (Click for map) Thursday, February 7, 2013 6pm-8pmBest Western Plus Kelly Inn, 2705 North Annapolis Lane,Plymouth, Minnesota 55441 (Click for map) Citizens argue for protection of gray wolves - NUJournal.com. NEW ULM - Minnesota's gray wolves should not be hunted, according to testimony of four people Wednesday at a Department of Natural Resources hearing in New Ulm.
The hearing, which was held before an administrative law judge, is one of five such events that gives the public the chance to comment on proposed updates to the state's list of plants and animals that are at risk of disappearing from the Minnesota landscape. The DNR is proposing to remove 15 plants and 14 animals from Minnesota's list of endangered, threatened and special-concern species, while adding 67 animals and 114 plants to the list.
The list was last updated officially in 1996. The Minnesota DNR proposes to move gray wolves from special concern to no species status. "I don't understand how an animal can be protected for so long, then be hunted," said Michelle Kainz of Hopkins. Rich Baker, DNR Endangered Species Coordinator, said wolves were removed from the federal endangered species list in July 2011 by the U.S. HFW+DNR+Hearing+Flyer. It’s time to repeal MN wolf hunting and trapping, are you with us? One in four MN gray wolves were killed by hunting and trapping in 2012.
It’s staggering and this doesn't even account for wolf deaths from disease, poaching, and car collisions. The recreational hunt threatens the survival of our gray wolf population, our north woods habitat and many other wildlife species. The situation is now more urgent than ever as the DNR is preparing to reauthorize the wolf hunt this year with higher quotas. This year's legislative session is very short but lawmakers have the power to repeal the hunt. Last year at this time Howling For Wolves didn't even exist as an organization. Please help us by calling, writing, or emailing your legislators to ask them to repeal the wolf hunt. All legislators must eventually vote on a bill to repeal the wolf hunt. Right now the special interest lobbyists for those who want to kill wolves are working behind the scenes again to keep the hunt going. You can help Minnesota gray wolves right now: The wolf and her pack needs you! Howling For Wolves rally at the Capitol on Friday, August 24.
Tell DNR to Stop the Hunt/Sign our Letter! Howling for Wolves Minnesota.