Wolf Hunt

Jessica Lange
"Native wildlife is closest to my heart"

For Immediate Release

September 25, 2013

The Honorable Mark Dayton
Governor of Minnesota
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155

Dear Governor Dayton:

Coalition Urges Governor Dayton to Suspend 2013 Wolf Hunt, Launches Petition Drive

ST. PAUL (Aug. 14, 2013) – A broad group of wolf advocates, wildlife enthusiasts and hunters today launched a statewide petition asking Governor Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to suspend the 2013 wolf hunt set to open November 9. The coalition hopes to gather more than 50,000 signatures in the coming weeks and present the petition to Governor Dayton.

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Minnesota Wolf Season Quota Announced Following 25% Population Decline

The question is what is the real purpose of a wolf hunt?  When you distill it, it comes down to entertainment for hunters and pelts for trappers.  The wolf is a social and complex animal with so much more to give us by living and thriving ecologically than with its death and flesh.  Just think about what we have already learned about our dogs from studying wolves.  Don't we owe dogs' evolutionary relative the right to exist?  Exist as more than a token species on the brink of surviving? Mankind has truly benefited from the domestication of the wolf into our dogs.

The War on Wolves: Why It Must Be Stopped

We are all deeply disappointed by the MN wolf hunt signed into law yesterday to start this fall 2012.

Below is a letter that we submitted to the Minnesota Star Tribune today. The current Game and Fish bill with an immediate wolf hunt will go into law May 3, 2012 unless Governor Dayton acts with a line item vetoes for the wolf hunt. Please continue to spread the word and contact the Governor's office directly to say 'No' to a wolf hunt."