Congressman Tom Tiffany Gets Wolf Plan Through House, Calls It First Step
A Northwoods’ congressman says he has the science on his side in the debate over what to do about the gray wolf.
Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany got his plan to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list through the House. It was a close vote, just 209 to 205, and the plan faces a dim future in the U.S. Senate.
Still, Tiffany said there’s more than enough evidence that the gray wolf population is large enough to remove it from the protected list.
“The science is clear; the gray wolf has met and exceeded recovery goals,” Tiffany said in a statement. “[This vote] represents an important first step towards restoring local control over the skyrocketing gray wolf population in Wisconsin.”
Tiffany said there have been plenty of attacks on dogs, deer and cattle in Wisconsin that prove his point.
Keith Mark, founder and CEO of Hunter Nation, said the proposal to de-list the gray wolf should get a vote in the Senate.
“Wildlife should not be a partisan issue. Unmanaged w