The hunt will go on. The last legal effort to block Minnesota’s first managed wolf hunt fell short Wednesday, when the Minnesota Court of Appeals refused to grant a petition by two wildlife groups that asked the court to stop it while their underlying case proceeds.
The court said the two groups failed to show that proceeding with the hunt would cause irreparable harm. But, the court said, it will allow the groups to proceed with a legal complaint challenging whether the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) allowed adequate public input into the process. A decision on that challenge is not expected until next year. Read more….