From ASB Zeitung: More than one and a half months after the first sighting of a wolf on Norderney, the Niedersaächsisches Wattenmeer National Park Administration assumes that the animal is still on the North Sea island. In early and mid-July, there were four more recordings of the wolf from wildlife cameras, as Thea Hamm, biologist with […]
From The Daily Cardinal: University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found in May 2024 the effects of wolf reintroduction on Isle Royale to be temporary and particularly impacted by human recreation, despite being one of the least visited National Parks. Mauriel Rodriguez Curras and UW-Madison ecology professor Jonathan Pauli collected DNA from foxes’ and martens’ scat and hair to […]
From Phys.org: At the turn of the millennium, gray wolves returned to Germany after 150 years and subsequently established territories in many parts of the country. But coexistence harbors challenges—for both humans and animals. Since 2006, almost all gray wolves found dead in Germany have been examined at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife […]
From the Aspen Times: Colorado’s collared wolves largely remained in Routt, Grand, Summit, and Jackson counties and somewhat withdrew from some areas like Eagle County over the past month, according to a map released by CPW on Wednesday. The map, posted on the agency’s website, uses Colorado watershed boundaries to indicate where wolves have been detected and reflects […]
From Idaho Capital Sun, A sharply-divided state panel on Friday retained strict protections for gray wolves in Washington, concluding their status under the state’s endangered species law should not change despite signs of a growing population. In a pair of 5-4 votes, the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission rejected downlisting wolves from “endangered” to either “threatened” […]
From israelhayom.com: The gray wolf (Canis lupus) population in the European Union has rebounded to around 20,300 individuals across 23-24 countries as of 2023. This was not always the case. Gray wolves were threatened, and extinct from western and central Europe before the species was protected under the Bern Convention in the 1970s. Click here […]
From Fox21: DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners met Friday to discuss several aspects of wildlife management in Colorado, including its voter-mandated reintroduced wolf program. Reid DeWalt, assistant director of Aquatics, Terrestrial, and Natural Resources for CPW, told the commissioners that CPW staff made it to the den, in a remote, difficult-to-access area. DeWalt said […]
From Cap City News: The 2023-24 winter proved the third deadliest for Yellowstone wolves in the decades since Canis lupus was reintroduced to the landscape in 1995. Overall, 13 wolves were shot by legal hunters, caught by trappers, killed by poachers or died of suspected hunting-related injuries. Like in past winters, the vast majority of wolves that met […]
From Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission: OLYMPIA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission met virtually on July 19 to discuss several carnivore topics including proposed changes to cougar hunting seasons and the state listing status of gray wolves. First, the Commission delegated a rule making petition to establish a spring black bear depredation permit season […]
From The Aspen Times: Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has updated its rules to allow ranchers to kill wolves that are actively attacking “working dogs.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service late last year finalized a document, known as the 10(j) rule, that outlined when wolves could be killed in Colorado and paved the way for the species to […]
