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Groups ask judge to halt Montana wolf trapping season over alleged threat to grizzlies

by By BLAIR MILLER Daily Montanan
| October 3, 2023 7:00 AM

Two conservation groups have asked a federal judge in Missoula to halt the upcoming wolf trapping season in parts of Montana over concerns that grizzly bears could be injured or killed by the traps in violation of the Endangered Species Act.

The Missoula-based Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Task Force and western nonprofit WildEarth Guardians asked for a preliminary injunction on Friday that seeks to block the state of Montana, Gov...

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