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It is open season on wolves in a number of forestry management zones, but the number of kills is not expected to be significant.
Despite that, the Coalition of Indigenous Peoples of Saskatchewan is expressing its opposition. President Kim Beaudin says there was no consultation or respect for Indigenous values on the decision to allow the hunt. He says the wolf is considered sacred and should be protected.
Unlimited licenses are available in a number of zones where forest and farmland meets. The hunt is in response to a growing number of wolf attacks on farm animals.
Last year, 200 licenses were issued, but only three wolves were reported killed. This year’s hunt began October 15th and will continue until March 31st, 2017.
It is unlikely that more than a dozen animals will be harvested. Wolves are very intelligent, extremely wary and difficult to hunt.