Opponents of wolf hunting in Michigan are waging their fight on multiple fronts.
The Michigan Public Radio Network’s Rick Pluta reports.
The fight over wolf hunting has gotten confusing. So here’s a recap.
The gray wolf was taken off the endangered species list, and Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill to allow a wolf hunt here in Michigan.
Opponents organized to put that law up for a referendum. The Legislature passed a new law to get around that, which prompted a second referendum.
Then a pro-wolf hunting group put a citizen-initiated law before the Legislature. This third law aims to get around both referendums.
Jill Fritz with the Keep Michigan Wolves Protected campaign says her group will go to court to overturn that third law.
“We just hope that when voters go to the polls in November, they’ll vote ‘no’ on both and restore protection to our state’s wolves,” she says.
The first – and so far only wolf hunt in Michigan happened last year.