The Chippewa tribes claim the planned hunt violates a treaty signed in the mid-1800s and endangers an animal that the tribes consider sacred.
Six Native American tribes sued Wisconsin in an effort to protect gray wolves from a hunt planned in November, asserting the hunt violates treaty rights and endangers an animal considered sacred to the tribes.
"In our treaty rights, we're supposed to share with the state 50-50 in our resources and we're feeling that we're not getting our due diligence because of the slaughter of wolves in February," John Johnson Sr., president of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, said in a statement announcing the lawsuit.Six Native American tribes have sued Wisconsin in an effort to protect the native gray wolf population from a hunt planned in the fall.
The DNR's latest estimates put Wisconsin's wolf population at roughly 1,000. Opponents say hunters probably killed at least a quarter of the population if poaching is included. Hunters, farmers and conservationists have been fighting over how to manage Wisconsin's wolves. Farmers say wolves kill livestock, while hunters are looking for another species to stalk.
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