Entries by Carissa Winter

The first annual gray wolf report was released by CPW

From KJCT News: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) – The gray wolves in Colorado have been thoroughly looked at and reported on. Colorado Parks and Wildlife released its first annual report on gray wolves. This report documents the status of gray wolves, wolf management, wolf monitoring, research related to wolves, education and outreach. The report is […]

Leaders meet to discuss wolf issue

From WAOW.com: ROTHSCHILD, Wis. — (WAOW) You probably can’t go anywhere in Wisconsin without running into someone who has an opinion about the state’s wolf population. State and federal lawmakers, along with candidates for office, shared their ideas about how the issue can be solved. At a roundtable discussion at Schuette Metals, Congressman Tom Tiffany, U.S. […]

Swelling wolf population creates culling controversy

From The Standard: After wolves swooped from the forest and savaged her lambs, sheep farmer Renate Pilz feels like giving up. Others, to the anger of conservationists, are reaching for their rifles. “I lost two ewes and two lambs” to the wolf attack last year, the 55-year-old said at her farm in the village of […]

The child-killing wolves sparking panic in India

From BBC: Four-year-old Sandhya was sleeping outside her mud hut in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on the night of 17 August when a power cut plunged the village into darkness. “The wolves attacked within two minutes of the lights going out. By the time we realised what was happening, they had taken her away,” recalls […]

One of Colorado’s new wolves was driven from Oregon, state report reveals

From 9News.com: DENVER — One of Colorado’s new wolves endured a 17-hour drive from Oregon before it was released in Grand County. The nine other wolves arrived by plane, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s annual gray wolf report, released on Wednesday. The report relies on data from the “biological year” which was April 1, 2023, […]

State group presents new legislation for Wyoming’s predators

From Buckrail.com: WYOMING — On Wednesday, Aug. 28, Wyoming’s Treatment of Predators Working Group released two draft bills poised to establish legislation for the treatment of wolves and coyotes in the state. Both proposed bills, which are sponsored by Teton County Representative and Chair of the Predators Working Group Liz Storer, are expected to be […]