With more Minnesota wolves, and more attacks on livestock, program out of cash

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — With a rising population of wolves and more of them attacking livestock and pets, a federal program to trap and kill problem wolves in northern Minnesota has run out of money.

While Great Lakes-region wolves are currently protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, they are listed as officially “threatened” in Minnesota — a step below endangered that allows U.S. Department of Agriculture trappers to kill wolves where livestock and pets have been killed.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/10/19/with-more-minnesota-wolves-and-more-attacks-on-livestock-program-out-of-cash/