From the Idaho Statesman and the Associated Press: BOISE, IDAHO – Legislation to keep operating an Idaho board that pays a federal agency to kill wolves that attack livestock and elk moved to the full House on Wednesday. The House Resources and Conservation Committee voted to move ahead with legislation to repeal a section of Idaho […]
From The Sacramento Bee and the Associated Press: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The death of a Mexican gray wolf and injuries to another prompted environmentalists on Tuesday to call on New Mexico lawmakers to ban trapping on public land. Click here for the full story.
From the Spokesman Review: A pair of bills to encourage more people to kill wolves drew spirited debate at the Montana Legislature’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee Jan. 31. Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Brown, R-Thompson Falls, said the measures would restore balance to struggling elk and deer populations in his region. Opponents called the changes […]
From Cabin Radio in Canada: This week, the territorial government announced an additional $700 per wolf carcass in the North Slave region as a step to supporting barren-ground caribou herd recovery. The wolf harvest incentive area encompasses the Wekweètì region as well as the Ekati, Diavik, Snap Lake, Gahcho Kué, and Colomac mines. Click here […]
From Dawn.com: DERA GHAZI KHAN: Tribal people have killed a wolf of rare species of the Sulaiman Range to protect their animals while rest of five more wolves are being chased by the group of people belonging to different tribes in the Tuman Leghari area to shoot them. According to World Wildlife Foundation representative Attaullah, […]
From the Revelstoke Mountaineer: The number of wolves killed in the Revelstoke area in a program designed to aid endangered mountain caribou now sits at 29. In 2015, the B.C. forests ministry began a wolf removal program in several areas of B.C. in an effort to help recover endangered mountain caribou populations. The ministry cited […]
From the Missoulian in Montana: Renowned wolf biologist Diane Boyd will present a program on the status of the wolf recovery program at the Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 Flathead Audubon program from 7-9 p.m. at the Gateway West Community Room in Kalispell. Click here for the full story.
From the Sawyer County Record: We’ve all heard of wolves attacking hunting dogs deep in the woods, but we are less likely to hear about a wolf attacking a dog near a home. The latter is raising some concern in the Namakagon area. Click here for the full story.
From UpperMichigansSource.com and Isle Royale National Park: HOUGHTON, Mich. (WLUC) – Immediately following the end of the government shutdown, National Park Service (NPS) personnel went to Isle Royale to prepare for a potential translocation of wolves from Canada and the 61st annual wolf/moose population monitoring. The extreme cold and weather conditions prevented any successful translocation of […]
From TheNews.com: “A wolf attacks a man”: true or false, this story reported in the Daily newspaper Bild, the most read of Germany, has fueled the debate on the increased presence of this predator in the country, noted in the German campaigns and generating diffuse fears. Click here for the full story.
