Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Wolf Tracks VI - A Summary of Gray Wolf
Activities and Issues pdf version (pdf 750 kb; 6 pages) of the
Gray Wolf Reclassification/Delisting Proposal Wolf Management
Plan Zone A is roughly the northeastern one-third of the state,
and is composed of Wolf Management Zones 1-4 described in the
1992, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Plan for the
Eastern Timber Wolf. About 85 percent of Minnesota's wolves live
in Zone A. Zone B is the rest of the state, and is Federal Wolf
Management Zone 5. Under the Minnesota Plan anyone would be
allowed to kill or injure a wolf in defense of human life, just
as can be done now while wolves remain protected by the Act. The
Plan would allow wolves to be harassed, but not killed or
injured, if they are within 500 yards of people, buildings, or
domestic animals. This non-injurious harassment would be allowed
in both wolf management zones. Statewide, owners of domestic
animals would also be allowed to kill wolves if the wolf is in
the act of stalking, a