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Cattlemen called to speak up during wolf comment period

An overwhelming majority of public comments support keeping the gray wolf on the Endangered Species List.

Ashley Kohls with the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association says more than 20,000 comments have been submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding its plan to remove protections for gray wolves.

“Last we checked, there were only four or five that supported the rule. So the activists who are wanting to keep the wolf listed are coming out in full force, and we need cattlemen to do the same.”

She tells Brownfield wolves are becoming a bigger problem for livestock producers in the lower 48 states as populations explode.

Kohls says submitting a comment to the Federal Register is easy.

“It can be as simple as a few sentences stating that Minnesota is capable of managing gray wolf populations and we support this rule. That’s simply all we need.”

The comment period for the proposed rule ends May 14^th.