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March 4, 2013 -
Howling For Wolves
Today, legislation was introduced into the Minnesota State House of Representatives to reinstate a five-year moratorium on recreational wolf hunting and trapping. Chief house author, Rep. Jason Isaacson (DFL - Shoreview) introduced H.F. 1163, the companion bill for S.F. 666 introduced by Sen. Chris Eaton. The bill calls for a five-year wait before another wolf hunting season can be proposed, and only for population management purposes after other options are explored. H.F. 1163 is also signed by metro lawmakers Rep. Susan Allen (DFL – Minneapolis), Rep. Sandra Masin (DFL - Eagan), and Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL – Minneapolis).
February 21, 2013 -
Howling For Wolves
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 21, 2013) – Today, legislation will be introduced into the Minnesota State Senate to reinstate a five-year moratorium on recreational wolf hunting and trapping. Chief author, Sen. Chris Eaton (DFL - Brooklyn Center), will introduce SF#666, co-authored by Minority Leader Sen. David Hann (R - Eden Prairie), Sen. David Senjem (R- Rochester), Sen. Terri Bonoff (DFL - Minnetonka), and Sen. Sandra Pappas (DFL - St. Paul). The bill calls for a five-year wait before another wolf hunting season can be proposed, and only for population management purposes after other options are explored.
December 21, 2012 -
Howling For Wolves
Boise, ID. Mato Woksape, Richard Wise Bear of Lakota, Blackfoot, and Potowatomi nations, leader of Oregon Autonomous A.I.M. chapter has been organizing, demonstrating, walking and praying to protect wolves and other wildlife in Idaho and around the globe for a year. This month, in solidarity with Howl Across America, Ravensong Group and the Northwoods Wolf Alliance, and Howling For Wolves, he will fast in front of the Idaho state capitol in Boise for four days in hopes of drawing attention and support to the need for reverence for the land and preservation of the ecology of the wolf and other wildlife.
November 9, 2012 -
Howling For Wolves
The White Earth Reservation Tribal Council recently issued a Proclamation providing for all lands within the exterior boundaries of the White Earth Reservation to be set aside as a wolf sanctuary. No hunting, trapping or possession of wolves is permitted within the exterior boundaries of the White Earth Reservation by any person, Indian or non-Indian.
November 4, 2012 -
Howling For Wolves
On Friday, October 5th, Maureen Hackett M.D. representing Holwing for Wolves participated in the Ethics Panel Discussion at the U of M Duluth. You can watch a recording of the 2 hour event below.
October 15, 2012 -
Howling For Wolves
The Center for Biological Diversity and Howling for Wolves today asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to stop wolf hunting and trapping this fall. The conservation groups seek review of a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision, issued last week, that denied their motion for a preliminary injunction.
October 11, 2012 -
MINNPOST
October 10, 2012 -
Howling For Wolves
The Minnesota Court of Appeals today denied a motion for a preliminary injunction, filed by conservation groups, seeking to stop wolf hunting and trapping this fall. The decision allows hunting and trapping to go forward, pending the court’s final ruling early next year on a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Howling for Wolves over the state’s failure to take formal public comment on the hunt.
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