Entries by Carissa Winter

Congress To Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Outlaw Killing Wildlife By Snowmobile

From Cowboy State Daily: Outrage over a Daniel resident reportedly running a wolf down with a snowmobile continues to reverberate with an anticipated bipartisan U.S. House bill aimed at banning such acts. The Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons (SAW) Act is expected to be introduced soon by U.S. Reps. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, and Troy Nehls, R-Texas.   Click […]

Why Washington’s wolf count is under scrutiny

Fr0m Spokane Public Radio: With a controversial vote planned next week on whether to loosen protections for wolves in Washington, wildlife advocates are raising alarm that officials could be relying on flawed wolf count figures from a tribe in the northeast corner of the state. Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members have been told by […]

EU Top Court Rules Against Austria Wolf Hunting

From Barron’s: The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday that Austria had no right to hunt wolves, after activists contested killings of the protected species in the Alpine nation. Several regions of Austria started to allow wolves to be killed last year after reporting that the animals were increasingly attacking livestock. Environmental groups brought a […]

Northeast Oregon community becomes hot spot for wolf kills

From Capital Press: Wallowa County has become a hot spot of wolf activity in Northeast Oregon, with two-thirds of the state’s 39 confirmed livestock kills this year by the apex predator as of July 8. The area around Lostine, Oregon, population 250, has 19 of Wallowa County’s 26 kills. Wolves are probably the cause of […]