From Politico: Brussels is on a mission to make wolves fair game for hunters. Campaigners and legal experts say it’s making a huge mistake. The European Commission on Wednesday said it wants to change the conservation status of wolves from “strictly protected” to “protected.” If it get its way, wolf-hunting will be authorized in the EU. […]
From Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Among the moves made by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission during its last meeting of the year was removing reference to the 2003 Grey Wolf Conservation and Management Plan from the guidelines for managing the species. This change to the administrative rules for wolf management by the commission is tied […]
From Yahoo News: Nearly two months ago, John Faulkner and members of the Peavey family, which owns Flat Top Ranch in the Wood River Valley, learned that an application with their names attached for state dollars to kill wolves would move ahead. But they never knew about the application and had no interest in the program. The […]
From CBC: The British Columbia government has spent more than $10 million on a controversial wolf cull launched in 2015, according to documents obtained through a freedom of information request filed by CBC News. The province’s “aerial wolf reduction program” involves shooting wild animals from a helicopter, which the province describes as the most effective and humane way […]
From Oregon Capital Chronicle: State biologists say Oregon’s gray wolf population may have reached its ecological limit in the eastern third of the state and that packs will probably spread out to the west and south in greater numbers. Those comments, made at a meeting of the state Fish and Wildlife Commission, came as Colorado released […]
From The Delegation of European Union to Montenegro: The Commission is tabling a proposal for a Council Decision to adapt the protection status of the wolf under the international Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, to which the EU and its Member States are parties. The wolf’s protection status under the Convention was established […]
From The Washington Post: BOULDER — Colorado’s most highly anticipated new residents, two groups of lushly furred gray wolves, arrived this week on private planes from Oregon and within hours had disappeared into Rocky Mountain woods abundant with elk and other prey. How the 10 wolves’ lives unfold is likely to be the subject of […]
From the Sopris Sun: On Monday, Dec. 18, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) released five gray wolves from Oregon onto public land in Grand County. It was a historic moment, putting into motion a ballot measure that voters in the Centennial State decided on back in 2020, with a narrow margin. Much support came from […]
From Duluth News Tribune: GRAND RAPIDS — The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association has announced a partnership with Wolf.Report , a new online platform for reporting wolf sightings, and they want the public to log on with their personal wolf experiences. Association officials said the joint effort “aims to provide deer hunters and outdoor enthusiasts with a unique […]
From European Commission: Today, the Commission is tabling a proposal for a Council Decision to adapt the protection status of the wolf under the international Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, to which the EU and its Member States are parties. The wolf’s protection status under the Convention was established based on the available […]
