In Wisconsin, a hunting dog can be the owner's best friend, or a free $2,500 state check if the dog is sent to a violent death while chasing bears through wolf territory.
The DNR has reported the 13th and 14th hound deaths by wolves during the legal, July-August bear hunt training season during which owners release hounds off-leash and may apply to the state for a $2,500 reimbursement per dead dog.
One of the hounds in the latest DNR report Friday was a Redtick, similar to this one:
The DNR has reported the 13th and 14th hound deaths by wolves during the legal, July-August bear hunt training season during which owners release hounds off-leash and may apply to the state for a $2,500 reimbursement per dead dog.
One of the hounds in the latest DNR report Friday was a Redtick, similar to this one:
I track this only-in-Wisconsin payment program, and wrote a few days ago - - as I have often over the last few years - - that the number of dogs lost in this state-sanctioned animal cruelty exceeds 350, at a cost in public funds sure to pass the $800,000 this year.
That’s a lot of money which could be spent on public purposes.
Payments may be obtained by scofflaws, repeat claimants and hounders who have released their dogs in or near known wolf pack territory, or bear baiting deposits which can also attract wolves.
The program was created by the Legislature in 1985 and is backed by powerful hunting lobbies.
This is the sparse method through which the DNR reports these hound deaths on a web page:
That’s a lot of money which could be spent on public purposes.
Payments may be obtained by scofflaws, repeat claimants and hounders who have released their dogs in or near known wolf pack territory, or bear baiting deposits which can also attract wolves.
The program was created by the Legislature in 1985 and is backed by powerful hunting lobbies.
This is the sparse method through which the DNR reports these hound deaths on a web page:
| 08/22/2019 | Marinette | 1 Hunting dog killed (Plott, 5-year old male) |  Marinette depredation location map [PDF] |
| 08/23/2019 | Price | 1 Hunting dog killed (Red Tick, 6-year old male) |  Price depredation location map [PDF] |
