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 […]
From Newswise: Newswise — Humans drove wolves to extinction in Washington state around the 1930s. Thanks to conservation efforts, by about 80 years later, wolves had returned — crossing first from the Canadian border into Washington around 2008 and later entering the state from Idaho. Since then, wolf numbers in Washington have been steadily growing, […]
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 […]
From The Times of India: Humans might have the most complex system of communicating, but other animals also have ways of giving cues. A new study in Animal Behaviour says that that wolves have subtle ways of speaking, through subtle facial clues that signal their intentions. The Non-verbal communication even helps maintain cohesion within the […]
From MPR News: For more than three decades, Peggy Callahan has talked to the public about wolves as founder and executive director of the Wildlife Science Center in Stacy, which has 81 captive wolves that are used for research and educational programs. Over the years, Callahan has also learned to speak to the wolves. On a warm […]
From Antigo Daily Journal: ANTIGO — On April 1, Gus Ullman was collecting sap for maple syrup on his hunting land north of the Ackley Wildlife Area. His wife was following behind in a truck and maybe 100 yards away, out of sight but still in earshot, Ullman could hear their one-and-a-half year old springer […]
From Post Register: Neither Greek nor Shakespearean tragedies, or even violent Mafioso movies, can rival some of the scenarios wolf 907F has faced while living in the northeastern corner of Yellowstone National Park. “It’s always something exciting or dramatic going on,” said Yellowstone Wolf Project research associate Kira Cassidy. The number 907 refers to the […]
From Oregon Capital Chronicle: Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the region, a new study finds. By the 1930s, gray wolves were nearly gone in Oregon and the rest of the West, leading to the multiplication of animals the wolves hunted and creating an imbalance […]
From WXPR: The wolf population in the Upper Peninsula has reached the limit of what the habitat can support, according to the Michigan DNR. That’s one conclusion of an overwinter survey that found a minimum of 762 wolves living in the U.P. The number is the highest population estimate since 2012. Click here for […]
From Star Tribune: When a “WolfQuest” player takes control of a young wolf and roams the hills of Yellowstone National Park, it’s easy to see why the Minnesota-made educational video game has stayed relevant 17 years after its initial release. Later this year, a new version of the wolf-simulator game will be released with an […]
