From The Aspen Times: Since wolves were re-introduced to the Western Slope back in December, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has seen an uptick in suspected sightings reported on its website, with some of the descriptions proving to be more helpful than others. How big was the animal? “Wolf-sized,” one observer in Routt County wrote […]
From Country News Review: The Wildlife Science Center located in Stacy is staying busy hosting Mexican gray wolves for research and education. What were once declared ecologically extinct in 1979, Mexican gray wolves are now slowly increasing in population. Over 40 years ago, only seven were left in the entire world. Now, there are about […]
From Yahoo News: Its symbol is the she-wolf of Roman legend, but an Italian town renowned for its art and gastronomy is being menaced by real-life wolves. There has been an increasing number of sightings on the outskirts of Siena, some 135 miles (220 kilometres) north of Rome, as the creatures nonchalantly pad along suburban streets. Click here for the […]
From Washington Policy Center: Gray wolves returned to our landscape in 2007. Since then, they have settled into the Northeast portion of the state with 30 of the 37 recognized packs in Washington residing there. This week the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife announced the opening of a rulemaking regarding gray wolves. The […]
From CNN: A trio of endangered gray wolves were found dead in southern Oregon and federal officials are offering a $50,000 reward for information about their deaths. The bodies were found after the collars of two of the wolves put out a “mortality signal” on December 29, prompting a response from state wildlife protection personnel, […]
From Phys.org: For the first time in U.S. history, a federally listed endangered species has been reintroduced to the wild by the efforts of a lone state. Wolves in Colorado were not a mandate from Washington, D.C.; Coloradans voted for them. Click here for the full story.
From CBS News: Researchers with Colorado State University spent two decades studying the ecosystems in Yellowstone National Park, with the goal of learning whether or not the reintroduction of wolves had any rapid impacts on willows and beavers. After more than 20 years of collecting data, the researchers found the reintroduction of wolves did not […]
From The Wildlife Society: Anticoagulant rodenticides are pervasive in the carcasses of dead wolves analyzed by researchers in central and northern Italy. The ubiquitous presence of these chemicals widely used for rodent control is unique among large carnivores in Europe, say the researchers of a recent study published in Science of the Total Environment. Click here for […]
From Mongabay: After the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classified the Himalayan wolf as ‘vulnerable’ in its Red List of Threatened Species in 2023, wildlife experts are pushing for stronger conservation measures for the apex predator, considering various constraints and conflicts in its habitat. The Himalayan wolf is found in the Himalayan region […]
From Flathead Beacon: Ten conservation and wildlife advocacy groups on Wednesday notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of their plans to sue the agency over its recent denial of a petition to restore protections to gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Click here for the full story.
