Entries by Carissa Winter

Display of a captured wolf in a Wyoming bar brings outrag

From NPR: Wyoming is home to hundreds of wolves, most live in or near Yellowstone National Park. They’re protected and a big tourist draw. But elsewhere in the state wolves are still often reviled as predators and a threat to the livestock industry. So killing wolves in most of Wyoming is legal year-round without a […]

Minnesota exhibit in Ely takes viewers deep into Voyageurs wolf study

From Outdoor News: Making scientific concepts and findings accessible to a general audience has long been a challenge for researchers. Most scientific journals have little readership outside academia, and the articles that appear in them are rarely written to be accessible to anyone outside a particular field of study. The researchers involved with the Voyageurs […]

$2 Million Offered for Wildlife Crossings to Protect Endangered Red Wolves

From the Center for Biological Diversity: RALEIGH, N.C.— An anonymous donor has pledged a $2 million match to fund wildlife crossings across a North Carolina highway that’s especially deadly to critically endangered red wolves. The Center for Biological Diversity, Wildlands Network and coalition partners aim to raise $2 million in matching funds by August 1. Vehicle […]

California mulls wolf listing amid hunts elsewhere

From Yahoo News: FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — While much of the country has relaxed rules on killing gray wolves, California will consider protecting the species after a lone wolf from Oregon raised hopes the animals would repopulate their historic habitat in the Golden State. The California Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday postponed for three […]

Finland plans to make it easier to shoot large predators

From YLE: The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry wants to change the conditions regarding exceptional permits for shooting wolves and other large predators – and wants to do so quickly. A draft bill was sent out for a fast-tracked comment round last Friday. The ministry, led by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah (CD), is proposing […]

Pure wolves will likely never return to Maine

From Bangor Daily News: As anyone who spends any time in the Maine woods knows, our coyote populations are plentiful and thriving despite recreational and programmed efforts to control these highly efficient predators. And interestingly, there were no coyotes in Maine at one time. But what about wolves in Maine? Retired U.S Fish and Wildlife […]