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Police say man dragged by bear after fatal crash in Massachusetts

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A man who was dragged by a bear following a car crash was most likely dead at the time, Massachusetts State Police said. First responders found the man outside of the car in Hatfield on May 6 and saw a bear in the woods nearby, Dave Procopio, a spokesperson for the state police, said in a statement.
“Evidence suggests the bear at some point had made contact with the victim’s body,” Procopio said. The animal left when first responders went to the scene.

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Wisconsin judge dismisses lawsuit challenging state’s new wolf management plan

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A lawsuit filed by animal welfare advocates seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan was dismissed by a judge on Monday.
Dane County Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke threw out the case that accused Wisconsin wildlife officials of violating the state’s open meetings law and disregarding comments from wolf researchers and supporters, reflecting how contentious the debate over wolf management has become in the state.

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Wild horses will remain in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park

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Wild horses will stay in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park amid fears from advocates that park officials would remove the animals from the rugged badlands landscape, a key lawmaker said April 25.
Republican U.S. Sen. John Hoeven said he has secured a commitment from the National Park Service to maintain wild horses in the park, although the number remains to be determined. Roughly 200 horses now roam the park.

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Feds plan to restore grizzly bears in an area of northwestern and north-central Washington

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The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to an area of northwestern and north-central Washington, where they were largely wiped out.
Plans announced in April by the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service call for releasing three to seven bears a year for five to 10 years to achieve an initial population of 25. The aim is to eventually restore the population in the region to 200 bears within 60 to 100 years.

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Federal rule would make conservation equal to industry on U.S. lands

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The Biden administration on April 18 finalized a new rule for public land management that’s meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing, and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties.

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Biden administration will require thousands more gun dealers to run background checks on buyers

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Thousands more firearms dealers across the United States will have to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores, according to a Biden administration rule that will soon go into effect.
The rule aims to close a loophole that has allowed tens of thousands of guns to be sold every year by unlicensed dealers who do not perform background checks to ensure the potential buyer is not legally prohibited from having a firearm. Gun rights groups are expected to fight it in court.

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Michigan man sentenced for 2018 slaying of hunter at state park

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A mid-Michigan man who murdered a hunter at a state park near Lansing in 2018 has been sentenced to 22 ½ to 60 years in prison, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Thomas Olson, 35, of Grand Blanc was convicted of second-degree murder and a weapons charge by a jury in February for shooting Chong Moua Yang, 68.

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More details on wolf shot in southern Michigan, the first sighting in a century

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An animal a Michigan hunter thought was a big coyote when he shot it in January has been determined to be a gray wolf, the first time the species has been found in southern Michigan in more than a century, wildlife officials say.
The hunter shot the wolf in Calhoun County, in the southern reaches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, while taking part in legal coyote hunting while accompanied by a guide, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said.

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