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Article: Wolf population will grow under any regulation.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- January 28, 2000
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Lost in the clamor following release Wednesday of a new wolf-management proposal by the Department of Natural Resources is the fact that no matter what Canis lupus plan the Legislature passes in the coming session - if it passes one - Minnesota's wolf numbers likely will rise unabated.
Expansion of the wolf's range outside northeast Minnesota also will continue.
The reason: Wolves can procreate much faster than humans can kill them, given the political constraints of the day.
A little history.
Wolf numbers were cut in Minnesota in the early and middle parts of last century only through the use of poison, bounties and aerial hunting.
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