HELENA (AP) — Montana officials are seeking permission to offer a wolf trapping course online after seeing class participation decline over the last two years.
The safety and education course is a requirement for anybody who wants to trap a wolf in the state.
More
than 3,200 people have taken the class since wolf trapping was allowed
in 2012. But most of those participants were in 2012, and only 281
people took the class last year.
Trappers who take the certification course once don't have to take it again.
Wildlife officials will ask the Montana Fish and
Wildlife Commission Thursday to allow trappers to take the course online
instead of in person.
Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials
say the proposal is in recognition of the decline, and offering the
course online will be more efficient.
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