Minn. cattle group asks for federal wolf ruling

The Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association is urging Secretary of Interior Sally Jewel to immediately appeal a recent federal court ruling that restored endangered species protection to wolves in Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Minnesota group also is asking Minnesota’s top elected officials to urge Jewel to appeal the ruling of U.S District Judge Beryl A. Howell, which overturned the 2012 decision to "delist," or remove federal protection. MSCA President Tim Nolte says this in his letter to Jewel: “The ruling that reclassified wolves as threatened places Minnesota farm and ranch families in a concerning situation of committing a federal felony under the Endangered Species Act, should they injure or kill a wolf while attempting to protect a family pet or their domestic livestock. The ruling leaves the citizens of Minnesota without any immediate option to deal with wolves that are in the act of stalking or killing their livestock, family pets or frequenting their front yards and creating a serious danger to their children and grandchildren.”...more