From The Brussels Times: A deputy from Belgium’s German-speaking community has called for fresh debate on the status of wolves in Belgium, German-language newspaper Grenz Echo reports. Wolves cause significant damage to livestock in the country each year. A new litter of wolf offspring are now likely present in the High Fens in Belgium’s German-speaking region. This […]
From Inside Edition: Authorities have placed several of Mexican wolf pups in dens across the United States in a bid to strengthen the population of the endangered species. Could Mexican wolves born at an Illinois zoo help bolster the species’ dwindling numbers in the wild? That’s the hope of authorities who have placed several of the pups […]
From The Register-Guard: Two wolves in southwest Oregon have shown an uncharacteristic “lack of wariness around people,” prompting state wildlife officials to issue a warning to anyone recreating in the upper North Umpqua River area east of Roseburg. Videos and photos show one wolf, a yearling, “approaching and laying down near vehicles and not reacting […]
From WDIO: Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin has introduced a new bill to delist the gray wolf population in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Northern Great Lakes Wolf Recovery Act would create an advisory committee comprised of agriculture representatives, Native and Tribal communities, heads of impacted state agencies, and wolf management experts and scientists […]
From Le Monde diplomatique: Since the wolf returned to France in the 1990s, numbers have grown to nearly 1,000 animals. The public are overwhelmingly supportive, so why are so many wolves being shot? Wolves pose no danger to humans and have strict legal protection under the Bern Convention (1979) and the EU’s Habitats Directive (1992). Individual […]
From Dakota News Now: The red wolf is one of the most endangered animal species. It’s estimated there are only about two dozen red wolves surviving in the wild right now. The conservation team at the Great Plains Zoo is putting in a lot of work to save the species from going extinct. The red […]
From Montana Public Radio: The wolf population inside Yellowstone National Park increased over the last year, largely thanks to a successful breeding season. The Wyoming Fish & Game Department reported that there were at least 108 wolves in 10 packs as of the end of December 2022. In total, the population increased by at least 11 wolves from the […]
From KTAR: Three Mexican wolf pups were fostered into a pack in Arizona in efforts to increase genetic diversity in the endangered wild populations, wildlife officials said. Sixteen captive-born pups were placed with wild packs in Arizona and New Mexico over an eight-day period in early May, the Arizona Game and Fish Department announced on Friday. The […]
From KTVB: Idaho’s Fish and Game Commission unanimously passed a new wolf management plan in early May, hoping to gradually cut the state’s wolf population by about 60%. Currently, about 1,300 wolves live around the Gem State. Roger Phillips, Fish and Game spokesperson, said they are trying to bring that number down to 500 based on […]
From New Scientist: A strange canine was spotted in a pack of wolves near Pune in western India, but it stood out for its lighter coat and dog-like facial features. It was confirmed to be a wolf-dog hybrid through genetic sequencing. Click here for the full story.
