USDA kills hundreds of Minnesota wolves to protect ranchers' profits - Minnesota Reformer
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The agency kills roughly 5% of the state's total wolf population each year.

It’s not easy being a wolf in northern Minnesota.

Every year dozens of the animals die of starvation, disease, parasites, vehicle traffic and poaching.

But the No. 1 killer of Minnesota wolves may come as a surprise: agents of the federal government, acting with the full force of the law.

  • pingveno@kbin.social
    10·
    1 year ago

    Here’s an idea: instead of using shitton of cash to murder wolves, use a shitton of cash to pay for fencing that keeps wolves out.

    The agency documents and verifies those complaints, and looks for non-lethal ways to protect threatened livestock, like wolf-proof fencing.

    I’m not defending killing wolves, but it was right there in the article.