A Wisconsin judge has ordered the Department of Natural Resources to have a wolf hunting season yet this month.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge Bennett Brantmeier ruled Thursday the DNR violated existing state law by refusing to schedule a winter 2021 gray wolf hunt for this month after the predator was officially removed from the Endangered Species List January 4th.
The wolf population has been growing beyond DNR targeted population numbers since Wisconsin’s hunting season was halted in 2014, leading to increased livestock and pet kills.
