From The Seattle Times: The Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide next month on lowering gray wolves’ status under the state’s endangered species law. Environmentalists and others say this would lead to inadequate protection for the animals when they still haven’t recovered in parts of the state. State Department of Fish and Wildlife […]
From Yahoo News: A wolf seemed super keen to get a piece of a bison carcass from a grizzly bear, footage by a nature photographer in Yellowstone National Park shows, but the bear seemed unimpressed by its antics as it bounced around. Trevor LaClair said he filmed the scene in April 2023, when the bear […]
From Drovers: Colorado ranchers can now use artificial light to aid in killing wolves when they’re caught in the act of attacking livestock at night. Previously, ranchers could only use the night-vision technology to conduct hazing that didn’t harm or kill the wolves. The rules change follows a 6-4 vote by the Parks and Wildlife […]
From Microsoft Start: A wolf pack consisting almost entirely of black wolves is quite rare for Minnesota. While it does occur, it is definitely not the norm. For reference, black wolves make up only 1.5-2% of the wolf population in Minnesota based on data collected from 1980 to 2020. Click here for the full […]
From Hometown Focus: ELY – The International Wolf Center’s current exhibit, “Starvation, Adaptation and Survival—Insights from the Voyageurs Wolf Project,” is an informative exhibit that opened in May and will run through October 20. It offers visitors a unique look into the lives of wolves in northern Minnesota. Since its inception in 2015, the Voyageurs […]
From The Wildlife Society: Reintroduction efforts have returned wolves to parts of the American West, but their absence for much of the 20th century left long-lasting changes on the landscape. That not only affects the ecosystems, researchers say. It also changes how we understand them. “Most published ecological research from this region occurred after the extirpation […]
From Missoula Current: (CN) — Gray wolves maintain ecosystem balance in the western United States, researchers say in a new study bolstered by a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit filed earlier in the week calling for increased federal protections. In a study published Wednesday in BioScience and led by William Ripple from Oregon State University and the […]
From IFAW: More than seven months after the original agreement of the European Parliament, Commission, and Council on the Nature Restoration Law, the Council finally gave the green light and officially adopted the law on 17 June 2024. The delay was due to persistent resistance from several EU member states in the Council. The missing majority […]
From Meteored: The reintroduction of wolves in North America has received a great deal of attention, particularly the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park in 1995. This has led to speculation about whether wolves, or even lynx would be suitable for reintroduction in the UK. Despite success in the USA, one solution does not fit all scenarios. It’s possible that predator reintroduction in the UK may […]
From Science Alert: The haunting howls of wolves fell mostly silent across America’s West by the 1930s. Their loss to the region has been largely overlooked by humans, even in our scientific research, a new review finds, but the impact of their absence is written loudly in the missing trees. Click here for the […]
