NC’s critically endangered red wolf population is bouncing back

From WFAE.org:

One critically endangered species that calls North Carolina home now has five more members. Three male and two female red wolf pups were born this month at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. Red wolves once thrived across the Southeast but now number only about 300 total, in the wild and in captivity. One part of eastern North Carolina is the only confirmed place where the wolves live in the wild.

To talk more about red wolves, I’m joined now by Katerina Ramos. She’s the red wolf education and outreach coordinator with the North Carolina Wildlife Federation.

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Ferry County [Washington] loses third of cattle farms as wolf population grows

From Fox28Spokane.com:

The state’s wolf population grew 17% last year to 270 wolves across 49 packs. It’s a huge win for conservationists because wolves were nearly wiped out across the West by the 1930s. But for ranchers in northeastern Washington, it’s costing them their way of life.

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Italy pushes hunting reform with relaxations for wolf, ibex and wild birds

From WildBeimWild.com:

Italy’s Senate is pushing forward a hunting reform that downgrades the wolf, opens ibex, wild goose and feral pigeon to being killed, and criminalises civil disobedience against hobby hunting.

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The Chernobyl exclusion zone is now one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries in Europe

From SpaceDaily.com:

The gray wolf population inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has undergone a dramatic resurgence over the four decades following the nuclear catastrophe. According to researchers tracking the area, wolf populations are seven times higher than they were before the accident because there is less human pressure.

This accidental sanctuary highlights a stark, counterintuitive reality: the complete removal of modern human industrial activity has allowed apex predators and large mammals to flourish in a landscape once defined entirely by ruin.

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Four calves killed in northern Luxembourg since last week

From Today.RTL.lu:

While farmers in northern Luxembourg believe a wolf has killed four calves since last week, the Nature and Forest Agency has yet to carry out analyses to officially confirm the cause.

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Indian and Tibetan wolves found to have important, ancient genetics

From DowntoEarth.org:

Wolves of the Indian subcontinent, both the Indian (Canis lupus pallipes) and Tibetan (Canis lupus Chanco) exhibit an unexpectedly large amount of unique genetic variation, according to a new study by Rice University in the United States.

Rice University professor Lauren Hennelly and her team, which includes scientists from 11 countries, collected and analysed DNA from wolves across Asia.

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Northern Minnesota research project aims to give insight into wolf pup survival

From MSN.com:

One by one, researchers pulled seven wolf pups out of a den near Cloquet, Minnesota. Each got a collar as part of an ongoing research project on wolf populations.

“It’s so close to home that it just feels really more important because this is the community that I live in and this is the wildlife around me,” Cloquet High School student Melanie Buhls said.

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Navigating The [Wisconsin] Wolf Damage Loss Reimbursement Process

From Q106.com:

With calving and lambing season underway, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) would like to remind livestock producers in Wisconsin of the wolf damage loss reimbursement process.

During this time of year, producers may see increased wolf presence around their livestock or encounter a livestock depredation in their pastures that they suspect was caused by wolves. Producers may wonder what options they may have to deal with these conflicts.

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Hunters face $10,000 fines as [Wyoming] limit suddenly slashed in HALF over population concerns

From The-Sun.com:

Hunters could face fines of up to $10,000 if they break strict rules tied to a newly slashed bag limit. Wildlife officials are changing stipulations after a disease outbreak drove numbers to their lowest point in two decades.

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Pure wolves will likely never return to Maine

From BangorDailyNews.com:

As anyone who spends any time in the Maine woods knows, our coyote populations are plentiful and thriving despite recreational and programmed efforts to control these highly efficient predators.

And interestingly, there were no coyotes in Maine at one time. But what about wolves in Maine?

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