A wolf hunt in Wisconsin is one step closer to becoming a reality, as the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environment passed a bill Thursday that would legalize a hunt.
The bill is now ready to face a full Senate vote. If the state Assembly also passes the bill and the governor signs it, Wisconsin would institute a hunting and trapping season from mid-October through the end of February.
Licensing limitations distributed by the Department of Natural Resources would regulate the number of wolves that could be killed.
An Assembly committee passed a similar bill through Monday in a 13-1 vote, where it too will face a full house vote before this legislative session ends on March 15.
The gray wolf was removed from the federal endangered species list in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota last year, allowing for the states to take measures to control the wolf population.
