From Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is proposing to reclassify the gray wolf in the state of Washington. If adopted, the gray wolf would move from Endangered status under WAC 220-610-010 to Sensitive status under WAC 220-200-100, reflecting the significant progress toward recovery that Washington’s wolf population has […]
From E&E News: The killing of three federally protected gray wolves in southern Oregon has drawn a $50,000 reward offer from the Fish and Wildlife Service, even as the agency moves at an uncertain pace toward a bigger Endangered Species Act decision about the iconic canine. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, the tracking […]
From Radio Prague International: Can the growing numbers of wolves in Czechia’s Šumava National Park have a positive impact on local forests? For the next three years, scientists from the Czech University of Life Sciences will be seeking to answer just that question, by monitoring local wolf and deer populations. In a famous experiment, carried out in […]
From K92.3: Wolves are some of the most complex predators that walk the earth. These highly intelligent animals can be playful, they develop close bonds with their family, and they love their pack just like we humans love ours. There is just something about these apex predators that is cool. We read about and see wolves all […]
From Yahoo News: MADRID (Reuters) – Researchers have traced the droppings of a German-born grey wolf that traversed three countries to reach northeastern Spain, making it the longest journey ever documented for that species, the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) said on Monday. The male, named GW1909m, travelled at least 1,240 km (770 miles) from […]
From Sky News: Drone footage shows a pack of wolves digging tunnels through one-meter-thick snow in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. Click here for the full story.
From CBC.CA: A pack of wolves dug a tunnel to get out of snow that was nearly one-metre deep in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Note: The source of the wolf video is CCTV/Reuters. Click here to watch video and hear comments by Dr. L. David Mech.
From Idaho News 2: BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — According to a recent news release, over 30 wildlife conservation groups urged the U.S. Forest Service to prohibit Idaho from paying private contractors to shoot wolves from aircraft in national forests in central and southeastern Idaho. The Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board recently approved the controversial predator control […]
From Queen Anne & Magnolia News: By state standards, should gray wolves in Washington be designated endangered, threatened or simply sensitive? To weigh in on that question, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife this week opened a public comment period that continues through May 6. Currently, gray wolves fall under two separate classifications. By […]
From Politico: The Fish and Wildlife Service’s scientific assessments of the gray wolf should take into account the tricky science of politics, some wolf experts believe. Diane Boyd, a prominent researcher who peer-reviewed the agency’s most recently released study of how Western wolves are faring, pinpointed what she called a major shortcoming. “My concern is […]
