A Wolf's Day in Court
You will be examining two primary document regarding a decision regarding a wolf hunt in the state of Minnesota. One is a decision statement by the State of Minnesota Court of Appeals (https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/Great_Lakes_gray_wolf/pdfs/MN_Wolf_Hunt-Order_10_10_2012.pdf) the other is a Press Release by an Environmental Advocacy group called the center for Biological Diversity (biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/wolves-10-15-2012.html). Answer the following series of questions using the two documents.
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1. Read the decision on Center for Biological Diversity & Howling for Wolves v. Minnesota DNR and explain the  case being brought against the Minnesota DNR. What is the issue? What stance is the Center for Biological Diversity taking? For what reason? *
2. In the position document (this document was created by the Minnesota Court of Appeals), how are previous court cases used in the building of an argument? *
3. Based on the same document, what was the court's decision and why? *
4. Read the Press Release by the Center for Biological Diversity and explain their position and their legal argument that they are using.
5. Based on the press release, what is the next course of action for the Center for Biological Diversity?  Why would that make a difference?
THOUGHT QUESTION: Based on the information included in this two documents what can you surmise about the role of the court system in Environmental Policy and why would legal knowledge by environmental groups be important in working within this system? *
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