Hunters: Voice Your Opposition to the Use of Dogs for Hunting Wolves
Updated December 10, 2012
On December 20, Dane County Judge the Honorable Peter C. Anderson will hold a hearing on the DNR's request to lift the injunction on the training and use of dogs to pursue wolves.
IF the Judge rules in the DNR's favor, hunters will be able to use dogs for hunting wolves and for training purposes IMMEDIATELY!
We are finding that MOST mainstream hunters OPPOSE the use of dogs to pursue wolves, as they feel it doesn't give game the opportunity for fair chase, infringes on the rights of landowners and other hunters year-round (because, after all, unrestricted "training" amounts to wolf hunting without guns), and increases the opportunity for dog to wolf conflict...bloody and awful.
Wisconsin is the ONLY state in the country to allow the training and use of dogs to pursue wolves. This is NOT the type of leadership that reflects well on our state!
If you are a hunter who opposes using dogs in wolf hunts, let your voice be heard NOW! Please email[email protected] and "cc" the DNR ( [email protected]) and Natural Resources Board (liaison [email protected]) -- your comments may make a crucial difference for dogs, landowners, AND hunters in Wisconsin!
Click here for talking points and observations from the legal briefs filed by Wisconsin Mainstream Hunters, the ASPCA, and the individuals and humane societies who originally sought the injunction.
On December 20, Dane County Judge the Honorable Peter C. Anderson will hold a hearing on the DNR's request to lift the injunction on the training and use of dogs to pursue wolves.
IF the Judge rules in the DNR's favor, hunters will be able to use dogs for hunting wolves and for training purposes IMMEDIATELY!
We are finding that MOST mainstream hunters OPPOSE the use of dogs to pursue wolves, as they feel it doesn't give game the opportunity for fair chase, infringes on the rights of landowners and other hunters year-round (because, after all, unrestricted "training" amounts to wolf hunting without guns), and increases the opportunity for dog to wolf conflict...bloody and awful.
Wisconsin is the ONLY state in the country to allow the training and use of dogs to pursue wolves. This is NOT the type of leadership that reflects well on our state!
If you are a hunter who opposes using dogs in wolf hunts, let your voice be heard NOW! Please email[email protected] and "cc" the DNR ( [email protected]) and Natural Resources Board (liaison [email protected]) -- your comments may make a crucial difference for dogs, landowners, AND hunters in Wisconsin!
Click here for talking points and observations from the legal briefs filed by Wisconsin Mainstream Hunters, the ASPCA, and the individuals and humane societies who originally sought the injunction.
