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In 1974, there were nearly 16 million American hunters. Deer, elk, moose and all game populations were on the rise. Hunting was an honored and revered skill, really a lifestyle, that had been passed down from generation to generation. At that time, the American hunter was living in “the good old days of hunting,” and the future of hunting had never looked so bright.
In 2000 Wisconsin hunters harvested over 615,293 Whitetail Deer, in 2023 the deer harvest is currently under 300,000.
248 wolves in 2000 have grown to over 1,000 today.
The 2023 firearms season was the lowest on record, statewide deer harvest was down nearly 20% from 2022.
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Current Predator News
2024
April 4 2024
By Courtney Flatt (Northwest News Network) Some ranchers are saying it is time to find creative ways to deal with wolf attacks on livestock. That’s what a new bill in the Washington state Senate hopes to do — to the frustration of some wildlife rights groups. A big goal of Senate Bill 5939 is to lethally remove wolves that chronically attack livestock. Right now, ranchers say, current methods — with all the paperwork and decisions — are…
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April 4 2024
by The Associated Press Thu, April 4th 2024 DENVER — A wolf has killed a calf in Colorado, wildlife officials said Wednesday, confirming the first livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the aggrievement of the state's rural residents. Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed after an investigation that the wounds of the calf killed Tuesday, and nearby wolf tracks, were consistent with a wolf kill, what they refer to as a…
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April 3 2024
On Friday, March 31st, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoed 41 bills which had been passed by the state’s legislature. Among the vetoed bills was Senate Bill, SB139, which would have set a target population goal for the gray wolf which would have helped manage the state’s out-of- control and currently unmanaged wolf population. The veto was immediately condemned by Wisconsin hunters, farmers and residents in the areas most impacted by the increasing wolf population, and…
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March 29 2024
Field and Stream by Travis Hall Back in December, Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) released five gray wolves on public land west of Denver. The widely-publicized release took place amid heavy opposition from hunters and conservation groups because it had been mandated by a narrowly-passed ballot initiative four years earlier. Now, Colorado’s voting public is on the cusp of considering yet another controversial wildlife-related ballot referendum. The ballot initiative that led to December’s wolf release, known as Proposition 114,…
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March 29 2024
Wisconsin Public Radio - By Danielle Kaeding Supporters of the bill say it's necessary to keep the wolf population in check Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a Republican bill that would have ordered state wildlife regulators to set a statewide population goal for wolves. The legislation was introduced by Sen. Rob Stafsholt, R-New Richmond, and Rep. Chanz Green, R-Grand View, after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources nixed a population goal in an update…
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March 28 2024
Fox News By Thomas Catenacci House Republicans are urging the Biden administration to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, pointing to conflicts with ranchers and farmers, along with the species' growing population. As the species is delisted from the endangered list in several states, farmers fear increased livestock predation and call for stricter management strategies. GOP lawmakers propose legislation to either fully delist the gray wolf or grant states more control over…
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March 28 2024
Nevada Current - By Jeniffer Solis State wildlife managers reported a possible wolf pack sighting in Nevada for the first time in over 100 years on Wednesday. Last week, a helicopter crew conducting an aerial moose survey spotted three suspected wolves traveling together in northeast Nevada near Merritt Mountain, north of Elko. State wildlife biologists are now working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to confirm the sighting of one of Nevada’s most iconic…
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March 27 2024
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has released its 2023 figures for that season's deer hunt harvest, the state's estimated wolf population and depredation payments, illustrating the complex trends central to the politics of regulating a controversial and charismatic animal. By Nathan Denzin | Here & Now (PBS Wisconsin) Deer hunting comes up a lot when people talk about wolves in Wisconsin. The harvest numbers for the 2023 gun season showing an annual dip in the number…
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March 27 2024
The Denver Post By Elise Schmelzer One wolf’s collar is no longer working, wildlife officials said. Colorado’s reintroduced wolves continue to roam widely across the state in the last month, though wildlife officials who released a tracking map said the geolocating collar for one of the canines was no longer working. The 12 wolves known to live in Colorado, including 10 released in December, spent time in a large swath of the state, according to a…
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March 27 2024
CNN's Lucy Kafanov reports.- Packs of gray wolves are once again roaming the Colorado Rockies after the state approved the first-ever voter mandated reintroduction of wolves. While urban voters and environmental advocates applaud the move, some ranchers are worried about the apex predator's potential impact on livestock and livelihoods.
March 25 2024
by TOM AIZENBERG | KRNV EL DORADO COUNTY, Ca. — One man is dead after being attacked by a mountain lion in Georgetown, California on Saturday afternoon. On March 23 at approximately 1:15 p.m., the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office (EDSO) received a 911 call from an 18-year-old who reported that a mountain lion near the remote area of Darling Ridge Road and Skid Road in Georgetown attacked him and his 21-year-old brother. The caller…
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March 22 2024
Fox News by Thomas Catenacci Releasing the apex predator into the region will improve 'social tolerance' of the species, the Biden administration said. Wildlife expert Tom Nelson weighs in on the Biden administration's reported plan to release grizzly bears in a federally-managed forest area near communities in Washington on 'Jesse Watters Primetime. We're prioritizing apex predators over elk and deer: Tom Nelson Washington cattle producer Neil Kayser: Grizzly bear relocation is a danger to our…
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March 21 2024
Montana Outdoor - Moosetrack Megan A March 19, 2024 federal court decision will change wolf trapping seasons in some regions of Idaho based on their alleged potential effect on grizzly bears. “We’re very disappointed in this decision,” Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks said. “While wolf trapping seasons will change to comply with the order, we’re considering our legal options to reverse a decision we believe is wrong based on the law and on-the-ground reality.”…
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March 21 2024
St. Paul, Minn. (Northern News Now) - By Madisan Green The conversation about wolves and deer in the Northland continues in the Minnesota Capitol. Rep. Roger Skraba (R, Ely) Said: “It’s time to delist it and start putting pressure on the people that make a federal decision” “Bear management, wolf management, timber management, look at all of them and see how they work to bring more deer onto the landscape”
March 21 2024
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS By KAYE THORNBRUGH daho’s grizzly bear population tops out at about 200, depending on the time of year, with the largest concentration of grizzlies existing in the Panhandle and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. https://cdapress.com/news/2024/mar/21/idaho-wolf-trapping-cut-over-threat-to-grizzlies/
March 21 2024
White Mountain Independent - By Peter Aleshire Mexican Gray Wolves saw a 24% increase in 2022 and a 6% increase in 2023 putting the number in AZ/NM at 257 total. Ranchers say reimbursement programs don’t cover their losses. They maintain that even the presence of the wolves affects how much weight cattle gain.
March 21 2024
FarmProgress - by Olivia Sip Wolf population protection and livestock production create a tricky balance. A top priority for the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association is advocating for the delisting of the gray wolf. Kaitlyn Root, executive director of the MSCA, says, “There are over 2,900 wolves in the state of Minnesota, and we have producers that struggle losing calves to wolves, which is a really big deal.”MN has the largest Gray Wolf population the 48 contiguous…
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March 13 2024
Hunter Nation President Keith Mark, in a recent PBS documentary, discusses the conservative hunting advocacy group's perspective on how the economics of game management plays a role in wildlife conservation and outdoor recreation. By Nathan Denzin | Here & Now (PBS Wisconsin) Keith Mark: Sometimes I wonder if these anti-hunting groups really care about wildlife, like they say, 'cause they sure don't put their money where their mouth is. You can look at the Pittman-Robertson Act and…
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March 6 2024
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Brad Olson describes concerns about the state's 2023 wolf management plan related to how a growing population of the predator impacts ranching and hunting. By Nathan Denzin | PBS Wisconsin (Here & Now) Brad Olson: I think the biggest fact is is that that wolves, they're just predatory. So they take what's there, they take what's available and in one case in central Wisconsin, they came in in a night and wiped…
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March 5 2024
By Bill Bartlett | The Nugget Long Hollow Ranch sits on 12,000 acres across two counties. Its main entrance is on Holmes Road in the heart of Sisters Country. The most visible part of the operation is its wedding and event venue but behind the bucolic setting are cows. Hundreds of them. The ranch also sits on an AKWA (Area of Known Wolf Activity). Long Hollow is claiming the loss of seven cows to wolves…
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March 5 2024
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife species section supervisor Sam Jonas describes the legal requirements and population objectives shaping the state's 2023 plan to manage wolves. By Nathan Denzin | Here & Now (PBS Wisconsin) Sam Jonas: I would say, you know, the overarching result of the 2023 wolf management plan is that it strives for a sustainable and healthy wolf population in the state of Wisconsin, and that's the real goal of the plan itself. In…
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March 4 2024
Mountain Journal by David Tucker The Gray Wolf and a Dogged Pursuit A COALITION OF WESTERN ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEKS RENEWED ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS FOR WESTERN GRAY WOLVES The US Fish and Wildlife Service decided that placing the Western Gray Wolf back on the endangered species list was “not warranted.” Now, the Western Environmental Law Center says it intends to sue
March 2 2024
By Brandon Ferdig | Star Tribune - Attendees fill Morrill Hall on Dec. 18, with State Rep. Isaac Schultz (left) and Steve Porter at the front. Look plainly at the wolf issue, and we can see the source of the conflict: 1. Wolves are revered. 2. Wolves can cause serious harm. This animal whose howl at the moon elicits within us spine-tingling wonder is the same one that would latch its jaws onto your dog.…
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March 1 2024
Colorado Times Recorder - by Brodie Farquhar STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – About 100 ranchers from northwest Colorado gathered Wednesday evening to hear Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) and Wildlife Services personnel present information about the reintroduction of grey wolves into western Colorado. Officials answered questions about how to prevent wolf depredations on livestock, as well as how the state will compensate ranchers for losses. Carhart overalls, cowboy hats, and wildlife officer uniforms filled a meeting room…
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March 1 2024
By Nathan Denzin | Here & Now | PBS Wisconsin Indigenous communities, farmers, hunters and Wisconsinites of all stripes express strong feelings about wolves as their numbers grow in the state and a new management plan for the species is unveiled. Bring up wolves to a Wisconsinite, and you’ll likely get a passionate response. “They’re going to allow an unchecked, unmanaged wolf population to continue to wreak havoc,” said Keith Mark. “The more you put wolves in close…
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March 1 2024
Wyoming Public Radio | By Melodie Edwards A recent decision to reintroduce wolves has created division between rural and urban Coloradoans. But wolves have actually been there a while. A few years ago, a couple migrated down from Wyoming to settle in the mountain valley of North Park, southwest of Laramie. It’s given the ranchers there a headstart on adjusting to a new reality. As soon as I climbed out of the car, longtime North Parker…
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March 1 2024
Trevor Ballantyne | Steamboat Pilot Colorado Parks and Wildlife released five gray wolves onto public land in Grand County on Dec. 18. Since then, the wildlife agency has not received any reports of the wolves attacking livestock in Colorado, but the ranching community remains concerned over how to mitigate conflicts with the animals. Colorado Parks and Wildlife/Courtesy photo Colorado Parks and Wildlife hosted a meeting with area livestock producers Wednesday to answer questions and listen…
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February 29 2024
By Ashlee Manalang | Earth.org Controversial legislative actions and management strategies threaten the progress made in wolf recovery efforts. Despite federal wildlife authorities declining pleas to reinstate safeguards for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, conservation groups continue to advocate for their protection. In recent decades, there has been a paradigm shift in attitudes toward wolves, largely due to a better understanding of their ecological importance. Wolves are now recognized as apex predators. As such,…
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February 29 2024
By: Henry Redman | Wisconsin Examiner A former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) warden who served on the agency’s committee to create a new wolf management plan for the state is under investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for killing a wolf in his yard in December. He has claimed self-defense, but he posted on Facebook in November that he was baiting the animals with doughnuts and rice crispy cereal. The warden,…
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February 29 2024
By Mark Heinz | Cowboy State Daily Some of Colorado’s wolves have been pushing north, toward the Wyoming state line. It's likely just a matter of weeks before some cross over into Wyoming, where they can be shot on sight. There’s no telling when wolves from Colorado will cross the state line into Wyoming. But it’s bound to happen, and it could happen soon, a wolf watcher said. “If I had a crystal ball, what do…
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February 27 2024
Clay Newcomb ventures to southeast Alaska in search of wolves and Sitka blacktail deer with his friend and outfitter, David Benitz. Traveling aboard sea boat and skiff, Clay shadows David along his expansive traplines across the vast coastal Alaskan beaches. David shares his art for trapping along with his love and appreciation for the wolf and desire to manage them as a natural renewable resource. After discovering a few empty sets, they change their attention…
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February 15 2024
Colorado Trappers & Predator Hunters Association Rallying call to Preserve our Wilderness Heritage: Colorado At the Forefront - SaveTheHuntColorado.com In recent years, Colorado has become the battleground for a movement threatening not just the hunting tradition, but the very essence of wildlife management. This is not merely a local issue; it’s a ripple that could stir waves across all states. The assault on Colorado’s hunting community and wildlife managers is a precursor to what sportsmen across…
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February 7 2024
USFWS - Federal Register - A Proposed Rule by the Fish and Wildlife Service on 02/07/2024 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a finding on the gray wolf ( Canis lupus) in the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRM) and in the Western United States. After a thorough review of the best available scientific and commercial data, we find that gray wolves within the NRM area do not, on their own, represent a valid…
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February 6 2024
Hunter Nation denounces the Biden administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for their decision to make no change to the gray wolf’s status under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced their decision to make no change in the wolf’s status, at least until September 2025, they stated their decision was based, in part, by the fact that the debate over the management of wolves has included…
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2023
December 19 2023
Field & Stream BY TRAVIS HALL The controversial plan was mandated by a narrowly-passed ballot initiative back in 2020. On Monday, December 9, Colorado wildlife officials uncrated five gray wolves on a tract of public land west of Denver. The wolves were captured in Oregon earlier this winter. Their release is part of an ongoing effort to re-stock the species into its historic range in select parts of the Centennial State. he five wolves were…
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November 8 2023
USFWS - Federal Register - A Rule by the Fish and Wildlife Service on 11/08/2023 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), establish a nonessential experimental population (NEP) of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus) in the State of Colorado, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The State of Colorado (Colorado Parks and Wildlife or CPW) requested that the Service establish an NEP in conjunction with their State-led gray wolf reintroduction effort. Establishment of…
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May 1 2023
Hunter Nation, is celebrating the efforts of Representatives Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Tom Tiffany (R-WI) for their wildlife management legislation, H.R. 764, known as, the “Trust The Science Act”. The legislation mandates the delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This delisting would effectively return the management of the gray wolf to state lawmakers and state wildlife officials. The legislation would also prevent judicial review of the legislative action. The bill…
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August 8, 2023 - Kansas
ATTENTION Kansas deer hunters!
Don't let bureaucrats take away your lifestyle!
TAKE ACTION NOW - Contact Commissioners
and plan to attend future meetings
Kansas has gone from the last place to one of the top deer hunting states in the country with over 640,000 whitetails.
Deer feeding has played a big part in that success!
Kansas Department of Wildlife (KDWP) claims feeding spreads Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
FACT: States with highest CWD rates have restricted or banned feeding for decades, yet high CWD rates have remained.
FACT: Supplemental feeding improves herd nutrition levels making deer less susceptible to CWD and other diseases.
FACT: Kansas has lower CWD cases than other mid-western states and we have always allowed deer feeding.
Kris Kobach - Hunter Nation Board Member
Hunter Nation, is celebrating the efforts of Representatives Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Tom Tiffany (R-WI) for their wildlife management legislation, H.R.764 , known as, the “Trust The Science Act”. The legislation mandates the delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This delisting would effectively return the management of the gray wolf to state lawmakers and state wildlife officials. The legislation would also prevent judicial review of the legislative action. The bill passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee last week and demonstrates that science can trump politics on this critical conservation issue.
Keith Mark, Hunter Nation’s founder and CEO, had this to say about the legislation: “Hunter Nation salutes Representatives Tiffany and Boebert, as well as the other members on the House Natural Resources Committee who voted in support of this must needed legislation. Each state is far better suited to manage their own wildlife, as opposed to the federal government. However, the best part of the legislation is the provision that would prevent judicial review of the legislative action. For far too long anti-hunting and radical animal rights groups have made millions of dollars challenging wildlife management in court. The time has come to end that money making scam and start managing wildlife based on sound science and protect the long honored American tradition of hunting.”
May 1, 2023 - Kansas City
Hunter Nation, is celebrating the efforts of Representatives Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Tom Tiffany (R-WI) for their wildlife management legislation, H.R.764 , known as, the “Trust The Science Act”. The legislation mandates the delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This delisting would effectively return the management of the gray wolf to state lawmakers and state wildlife officials. The legislation would also prevent judicial review of the legislative action. The bill passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee last week and demonstrates that science can trump politics on this critical conservation issue.
Keith Mark, Hunter Nation’s founder and CEO, had this to say about the legislation: “Hunter Nation salutes Representatives Tiffany and Boebert, as well as the other members on the House Natural Resources Committee who voted in support of this must needed legislation. Each state is far better suited to manage their own wildlife, as opposed to the federal government. However, the best part of the legislation is the provision that would prevent judicial review of the legislative action. For far too long anti-hunting and radical animal rights groups have made millions of dollars challenging wildlife management in court. The time has come to end that money making scam and start managing wildlife based on sound science and protect the long honored American tradition of hunting.”
More Information on Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) and Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) llegislation to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee. H.R. 764, the Trust the Science Act, would permanently remove the gray wolf from the list of federal endangered species and restore authority to control the gray wolf population back to state lawmakers and state wildlife officials.
RESPONSIBLE PREDATOR MANAGEMENT
What is this All About? For too long, Washington bureaucrats have tied our hands in managing our state's out of control wolf population. Attend these town hall meetings to hear about new legislation that will remove wolves from federal protection and prevent activist judges from intervening in the management of these apex predators.
Responsible predator management is an important component in maintaining balanced wildlife numbers. Wolf management must be returned to the states to help control the populations of moose, elk, deer, and other wildlife.
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State's Rights
Biskark, ND – Hunter Nation founder Keith Mark submitted testimony today in support of a bill being considered by the North Dakota state legislature that would prohibit the state from banning the baiting of deer while hunting. The legislation, authored by state Rep. Paul Thomas, would effectively prevent unelected officials from imposing anti-sportsmen provisions on law-abiding deer hunters in the state.
“As the fastest-growing grassroots organization in the country dedicated to protecting the rights of hunters from coast to coast, it’s crucial that Hunter Nation step up and support this commonsense, pro-hunter bill in North Dakota,” said Mark. “Now is the time to advance this commonsense proposal that sends a clear message that deer hunters of the state will not be bullied by unelected, anti-hunting bureaucrats.”
House Bill 1511 would prevent the state’s game and fish department from adopting “a policy or practice prohibiting the baiting of deer for lawful hunting.” Currently before the House Committee of Energy and Natural Resources, the legislation is being considered by the committee chaired by State Rep. Todd Porter.
In his testimony submitted in support of HB 1511, Mark stressed the importance of recruiting new hunters to the sport – noting that a baiting ban could lead to a reduction in sales of hunting licenses. Mark also emphasized a ban on baiting runs counter to the state’s “Right to Hunt“ referenda, an amendment to North Dakota’s state constitution that was overwhelmingly supported by voters with 77% of the vote.
Madison, Wisconsin (January 13, 2021) - This week, Hunter Nation, along with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, won our lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for ignoring a state law requirement to schedule a wolf hunt this winter.
A Jefferson County Circuit Court found that the Wisconsin DNR violated state law by refusing to schedule a winter 2021 gray wolf hunt when the gray wolf was delisted from the Endangered Species Act on January 4, 2021.
This is a historic victory for Wisconsin hunters and our constitutionally protected right to hunt and manage our wildlife here in Wisconsin!
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