From Arizona Daily Sun: A record 27 Mexican wolf pups were fostered into wild dens this spring, according to state and federal wildlife managers. Officials said the wolf pups’ introduction helps provide genetic diversity within the population of Mexican wolves, as the species recovers from near-extinction. The newborn Mexican wolf pups came from six genetically […]
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 […]
From Aurora: It is an endangered species that has lived in the Ethiopian highlands for more than 1,5 million years. A work directed by Martínez-Navarro, a researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleontology and Social Evolution (IPHES) and published in the journal “Communications Biology”, has shown that the fossil, found at the Melka Wakena […]
From Fronteras: A record number of Mexican gray wolves have been fostered into wild dens. The effort is part of a program to build up the wild population of the endangered species. The Fish and Wildlife Service says it fostered 27 wolf pups into wild dens this spring in Arizona and New Mexico. It’s a […]
From World Animal News: 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. Click here for the full story.
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 […]
From KXLH: The oldest wolf in Yellowstone National Park, known as Wolf 907, gave birth to another litter of pups this spring. “This 10th litter has just started to come out of the den,” said Kira Cassidy, a research associate with the Yellowstone Wolf Project. The three pups are now about 4 weeks old and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
