From Silver City Press Daily: The Mexican gray wolf named Asha roamed for months around New Mexico and parts of Arizona. She’s now in captivity with two male wolves at the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility in La Joya, N.M., where U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials want her to mate. Her journey and capture is […]
From Geography Realm: A four-minute mini documentary called “How Wolves Change Rivers” was probably the first ecology-related video that went completely viral. With over 44 million views, the short video emphasized the role of the wolf as a top predator with an immense effect on their environment, triggering the trophic cascade of Yellowstone National Park. Click […]
From Newsweek: Ranchers in one state are prepared to shoot gray wolves on site if they cross the state line. On December 18, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) released five gray wolves in Grand County, Colorado, as part of its Final Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, which proposed reintroducing and managing gray wolves in the state […]
From BBC: Switzerland’s mountain farmers are disappointed and angry, because a cull of the country’s wolves has been put on hold by the courts. The farmers say the proposed cull was vital to protect livestock and, ultimately, the future of Alpine communities. Environmental groups argued it went far further than the law allows and could […]
From The Journal: After years of discussion and a formal letter asking for help, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has denied rancher Don Gittleson’s request for the agency to kill two wolves that have been preying on cattle on his Jackson County ranch. Gittleson on Dec. 13 sent a letter to the agency requesting the lethal […]
From Montana Right Now: Hunters harvested a sixth wolf in the area north of Yellowstone National Park this week, triggering the end of seasonal wolf hunting there, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced Wednesday. The area north of Yellowstone, known as Wolf Management Unit 313, is the only such unit in the Montana. The season […]
From KRQE News: NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – 50 years after a key wildlife law was enacted, officials in New Mexico said they’re seeing the return of an iconic animal. The National Park Service said the Mexican Wolf has traveled back to its original habitat, signaling the success of a program under the Endangered Species Act. In […]
From KUER 90.1: If any of the wolves released on Colorado’s Western Slope ever make it to the sprawling hills near the Stanko ranch in northwest Colorado, the family hopes the predators won’t want to go near Samson. The 11-week old Turkish Boz Shepherd didn’t look menacing on a cold day last month when he […]
From Daily Post: JEMEZ SPRINGS – On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) is excited to mark this important milestone by celebrating a brief visit from an endangered Mexican wolf. The last documented Mexican wolf sighting in Valles Caldera was in 1932. The female wolf, identified as F2754 by the U.S. […]
From West Kentucky Star: Officials with the Woodlands Nature Station announced that over the past week, all four of their now 18-month-old American Red Wolves have been transferred from Land Between the Lakes to other Red Wolf breeding facilities. At the recommendation of the Red Wolf SAFE program, the Woodlands Nature Station transferred Trace, Piney, […]
