From the Capital Press: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s incremental approach to thinning a wolfpack in the Kettle River Range leads to a cycle of conflict between wolves and livestock, a cattlemen’s group said Monday. By not removing the entire pack, Fish and Wildlife allows cattle-killing wolves to regroup, reproduce and renew attacks, […]
From WAOW.com in Wausau, Wisconsin: TOWN OF HANSEN (WAOW) — USDA Wildlife Services officials responded to a Wood County residence Monday, where a family dog was killed by a wolf, according to the organization. Officials tell News 9 that they are unsure if more than one wolf attacked and killed the 65-pound mixed breed dog, […]
From the Jackson Hole News and Guide in Wyoming: Sometime during the middle of last week a couple of donkeys escaped from their fenced Kelly enclosure and were roaming the adjacent National Elk Refuge when they encountered a wolf pack undoubtably more accustomed to seeing elk. The Pinnacle Peak Pack’s instincts kicked in, and the […]
From KGW8 in Portland, Oregon and the Associated Press: MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — Officials say six wolf pups have been born this year to Oregon’s White River wolf pack in the Mount Hood area. Biologists with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs posted footage of the pups from a trail camera that was shared online […]
From the Campbell River Mirror in Canada: A recent wolf sighting in Campbell River raised questions about the animal’s conservation status on Vancouver Island, and whether wolves are responsible for reduced numbers of animals including deer and marmots. Chris Darimont, a leading wolf expert and Raincoast Research Chair at the University of Victoria, says there’s […]
From UPI.com: DENVER, July 16 (UPI) — Hunters luring black bears to “bait sites” loaded with bread, donuts and dog food on federal lands are putting endangered grizzlies and wolves at risk, critics say. With the fall hunting season set to begin in August, conservationists are sounding the alarm that the hunting method to cull black […]
From KHQ.com in Washington: SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has authorized killing some members of a wolf pack that are preying on cattle in northeastern Washington state. Agency director Kelly Susewind on Wednesday gave authority for the state to kill some members of the OPT pack in an effort […]
From CBSDenver.com: JACKSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) — A recent sighting of a possibly Gray Wolf in Jackson County has stirred up an old debate about reintroducing wolves to Colorado. Members of The Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund are currently gathering signatures to get a measure on the 2020 ballot to do that. Click here for the full story.
From CBS58.com in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: TOWN OF HANSEN, Wis. (AP) — A central Wisconsin farm has lost the majority of its livestock in an attack by a pack of wolves. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 13 sheep were killed on a farm in the Wood County Town of Hansen. WSAW-TV says the dead sheep […]
From 9News.com: JACKSON COUNTY, Colorado — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) biologists are working to confirm a wolf sighting in Jackson County and another in Grand County, according to a CPW Facebook post. That’s a pretty big deal because the gray wolf and the Mexican wolf (listed separately as a subspecies) are classified as federally endangered […]
