The German Bundestag , the lower house of parliament, voted on Thursday to recategorize wolves as a "huntable species" after the return of the predators to the European countryside over the past few years.  The amendment to the federal hunting act will allow hunters to kill wolves in Germany from July 1 to October 31, though individual state governments will be required to implement their own wildlife management plans and decide for their own region to what extent wolf-hunting will be legal. In