Montana wildlife commissioners on Friday moved to shut down gray wolf hunting in a portion of the state around Yellowstone National Park, amid mounting criticism over a record number of the animals shot or trapped after roaming across the park boundary this winter. Yellowstone officials had pressed the state beginning in mid-December to suspend hunting in some areas along the park’s border. Under Friday's unanimous commission vote, hunting and trapping for wolves in southwestern Montana will be barred once the number killed in the region hits 82 animals.
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Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed
