Entries by Carissa Winter

Wolves kill livestock in Jefferson County

From The Madras Pioneer: Within the past few weeks, a wolf or wolves have killed two calves owned by one rancher. The rancher wishes to remain anonymous. His ranch straddles county lines. One of the calves died in Deschutes County, the other in Jefferson County. This is the first confirmed livestock kill in Jefferson County […]

Ancient wolf DNA could help unlock animal survival mysteries

From Axios De Moines: Ancient DNA of sheep and wolves are among the latest animal remains being researched by a Des Moines University scientist who’s been exploring Natural Trap Cave (NTC) in Wyoming for nearly a decade. Why it matters: The work may help unravel mysteries about animal survival through evolution during the Ice Age. Click […]

Who is afraid of the big, bad wolf? Not Regina Mossotti

From West News Magazine: A constant stream of howling emanated from the second row as soon as Regina Mossotti’s name was announced at the TEDxStLouis presentation on May 13. It was fitting, given that her talk was titled “Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” “Raise your hand if you’ve ever seen a movie or […]

Northern Minnesota researchers find that wolves are accomplished anglers

From MPR News: In the spring of 2017, University of Minnesota graduate researcher Tom Gable had a rare, surreal and as it turns out, fortuitous encounter with a wolf while he was tromping through the thick, swampy woods of far northern Minnesota. He knew a wolf that researchers had outfit with a GPS tracking collar had been […]

Endangered red wolf families released in Eastern North Carolina

From 11 Eyewitness News: Two families of red wolves are roaming free in eastern North Carolina. According to the red wolf recovery program, the two families were released into separate areas of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Tyrrell County. One family consists of a wild female red wolf, fostered from the Akron Zoo, paired […]

Wary of Wolves, Some Western Ranchers Are Returning to Life on the Range

From Modern Farmer: As the wolf population rebounds in the American West, cattle ranchers are going to extreme measures to coexist with the legendary predators. In the fall of 2014, when the Elzinga family of Alderspring Ranch were bringing their cattle back to the ranch from the jagged river canyons and rocky peaks of their […]

Belgian MP calls for debate to allow killing wolves

From The Brussels Times: A deputy from Belgium’s German-speaking community has called for fresh debate on the status of wolves in Belgium, German-language newspaper Grenz Echo reports. Wolves cause significant damage to livestock in the country each year. A new litter of wolf offspring are now likely present in the High Fens in Belgium’s German-speaking region. This […]