From Central Oregon Daily News: A new exhibit showcasing wolves opens Saturday at the High Desert Museum. “Wolves: Photography by Ronan Donovan” gives visitors a close-up view of gray wolves through the lens of a National Geographic explorer and photographer, and provides an inside look at the daily lives of the wild canines. “You know what are […]
From AP: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate passed a Republican-backed bill Tuesday that would force state wildlife managers to set a firm numeric goal for the state’s wolf population. The proposal, which next heads to the Assembly, comes after the Department of Natural Resources did not set a hard cap on the state’s […]
From WisPolitics: Madison, WI – On Tuesday, the Wisconsin State Senate convened for Regular Session and the Governor’s Special Session on Workforce Development. During the Governor’s Special Session, Republicans in the Legislature – the lawmaking body of government – took up an amended version of the Governor’s proposal. This bill, as passed, includes investments in childcare, […]
From National Academies: onservation efforts over the past several decades in the U.S. have enabled many species of wolf to begin to recover from near total extinction — including the gray wolf of the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes region, the red wolf in the southeastern part of the country, and the Mexican gray […]
From Curry Costal Pilot: Gut microbes found in wild wolves may be the key to alleviating a debilitating gastrointestinal condition common to domestic dogs, according to a study led by researchers at Oregon State University – Cascades. The authors report a novel strain of Paenibacillus bacteria with characteristics of a probiotic – an organism that […]
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The population of gray wolves in Wisconsin was estimated at 1,007 last winter, a year-over-year increase of 4%, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The number of wolf packs was down slightly, from 288 in 2021-22 to 283 in 2022-23. The number of Wisconsin farms with confirmed wolf conflicts also declined. The agency noted 18 […]
From 10Boston: If you’re ever in Ipswich, Massachusetts, you might hear wolves howling, but it’s nothing to fret about. They are the North American grey wolves at Wolf Hollow, and according to the sanctuary’s operations manager Kevin Kenny, sometimes the animals change the tone of their voice to hide their numbers. Click here for the […]
From KARE: ST PAUL, Minn. — A conservation officer is investigating after a timber wolf was recently found dead and more than dozen ducks were found dumped along the road about 30 miles apart in central Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said the timber wolf was found shot to death in Buckman, Minnesota. […]
From The Conversation: Wolves are staging a comeback in many areas of Europe after centuries of persecution. Over the past decade alone, they have expanded their range on the continent by more than 25%. This resurgence was brought into sharp focus in September 2023 following a controversial statement by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission. She […]
From Bangor Daily News: There has long been debate about whether Maine has any resident wolves. People have reported a few sightings over the last few decades, but the state remains skeptical. The Maine Wolf Coalition has submitted photographic evidence of individual animals that could be wolves, but biologists consistently say there are no breeding wolf […]
