A wolf bite.

[psepuncher]

Sorry about the pup, not good what happened and glad you were there

to fend them off.

DNR files petition to have Minnesota gray wolf status reflect Minnesota reality

(Released March 17, 2010)

The Minnesota gray wolf should be removed immediately from the federal government’s endangered and threatened species list and returned to state management, according to a petition filed today by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The DNR filed the petition with the Washington, D.C., office of the U.S. Department of the Interior and asked the government to make its decision within the next 90 days. The petition is a procedural step between state and federal natural resource conservation agencies.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has tried to delist the wolf in Minnesota and the western Great Lakes region from federal protection on two occasions. Both times the decision was overturned due to legal challenges related to procedural issues.

[JayinMN]

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I could be wrong but I'm fairly certain the ESA expressely states that you can use force to defend yourself/pets/livestock if they are actively being attacked.

Under the ESA you can only shoot a protected animal if it is a immediate threat to a human being, not livestock or pets. Once compensation was provided for livestock loses but I think they ran out of many for that. Here is a quote explaining what will happen when the state takes control from the MN dnr HSOforum.

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Once wolves are removed from the list of threatened and endangered species, owners of livestock, guard animals, or domestic animals may shoot or destroy wolves that pose an immediate threat to their animals, on property they own or lease in accordance with local statutes.

“Immediate threat” means the observed behavior of a wolf in the act of stalking, attacking, or killing livestock, a guard animal, or a domestic pet under the supervision of the owner.

Additionally, the owner of a domestic pet may shoot or destroy a wolf posing an immediate threat on any property, as long as the owner is supervising the pet.

In all cases, a person shooting or destroying a wolf under these provisions must protect all evidence, and report the taking to a DNR conservation officer within 48 hours. The wolf carcass will be surrendered to the conservation officer

Psepuncher, the 90 day decision is already posted on the FWS HSOforum.

Here is the finding, its way to long to post the whole document.

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Finding

On the basis of our determination under section 4((3)(A) of the

Act, we have determined that the petitions present substantial

scientific or commercial information indicating that delisting the gray

wolf in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, or the western Great Lakes area

as a whole may be warranted. This finding is based on information

provided under all five factors.

Because we have found that the petitions present substantial

information indicating that delisting the gray wolf in Minnesota,

Wisconsin, Michigan, or the western Great Lakes area as a whole may be

warranted, we are initiating a status review to determine whether

delisting the gray wolf in those States and the surrounding region

under the Act is warranted.

The ``substantial information'' standard for a 90-day finding

differs from the Act's ``best scientific and commercial data'' standard

that applies to a status review to determine whether a petitioned

action is warranted. A 90-day finding does not constitute a status

review under the Act. In a 12-month finding, we will determine whether

a petitioned action is warranted after we have completed a thorough

status review of the species, which is conducted following a

substantial 90-day finding. Because the Act's standards for 90-day and

12-month findings are different, as described above, a substantial 90-

day finding does not mean that the 12-month finding will result in a

warranted finding.