Wisconsin’s ‘Right to Hunt’ Law Could Mean Jail for Animal Activists

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Similar to ag-gag laws, the bill would prohibit people from photographing the hunting of bears and wolves on public land.



Similar to ag-gag laws, the bill would prohibit people from photographing the hunting of bears and wolves on public land.
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http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/10/22/wisconsin-s-proposed-right-hunt-law-could-mean-jail-animal-activists


OCT 22, 2015 John R. Platt covers the environment, technology, philanthropy, and more for Scientific American, Conservation, Lion, and other publications.

Could carrying a camera in a state park cost you thousands of dollars in fines and nine months in jail?

Yes, if Wisconsin’s new “Right to Hunt” bill, which was introduced last week by Republican state Rep. Adam Jarchow, becomes law.

The bill comes in response to activities by a group called Wolf Patrol, which in recent months has attempted to document and monitor the trapping and hunting of wolves, bears, and other wildlife in Wisconsin. The group this year has focused on the use of bait to attract bears. Although baiting is legal in Wisconsin, Wolf Patrol says it attracts gray wolves. The wolves in turn have killed at least 15 hunting dogs this season.

Jarchow told Wisconsin Public Radio that he submitted his bill in response to complaints from hunters who felt Wolf Patrol was harassing them.

FULL story at link.