TAKE GRAY WOLVES OF ENDANGERS SPECIES, FARMERS REQUESTED. The Minnesota Farmers Union is hoping to get gray wolves taken off the endangered species list. The union is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior to appeal the recent court decision that put the wolves back on the list in Great Lakes states. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Chris Niskanen says the decision means farmers and ranchers concerned about wolves preying on cattle can't kill the wolves themselves. Instead, they should call conservation officers. The decision also put the brakes on wolf hunting. The union president says the recent decision leaves Minnesota farmers with few options in dealing with a predator that impacts their livestock.