Entries by Carissa Winter

Von der Leyen is campaigning hard — against the wolf

From Politico: Ever since her beloved pony Dolly was killed by wolf GW950m in Germany’s Lower Saxony in September 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has focused on downgrading the protection status of the large carnivore. But the strength of her relentless personal crusade — which has translated into political lobbying at the highest level […]

Event highlights climate change impacts on wolves, grizzlies

From Buckrail: JACKSON, Wyo. — On Friday, May 31 at the Center for the Arts, the event, “Heating Up: Grizzly, Wolf Management and Climate Change,” tapped Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) experts to discuss how projected changes to temperature, precipitation and water will continue to impact apex predators, specifically grizzly bears and wolves, in the area. […]

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 […]