From BelgaNewsAgency.eu:
The Flemish government is facing legal action for allegedly failing to protect wolves in northern Belgium. The case has been brought by Landschap vzw, a nature organisation that is leading the Welkom Wolf campaign. The organisation accuses the authorities of systematically violating European and Flemish wildlife conservation legislation.
From JSOnline.com:
The Department of Natural Resources has completed selection of members for its new Wolf Advisory Committee. The roster includes eight DNR employees, six people from other governmental or statutory organizations and ten from stakeholder groups or at-large members.
Randy Johnson, DNR large carnivore specialist, will serve as chair of the committee.
From ColoradoSun.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the animal meets the definition of chronic depredation, but because of the Elk Fire in Rio Blanco County, the wolf cannot be removed.
From CourthouseNews.com:
(CN) — Conservationists applauded a Tuesday ruling by a federal judge in Montana that struck down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision that denied Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the West.
“With this court ruling comes the hope of true recovery for wolves across the West,” Collette Adkins, carnivore conservation director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “The judge rightly found that the Fish and Wildlife Service’s unambitious view of recovery violates the Endangered Species Act.”
From NPS.gov:
Denali National Park and Preserve and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve are separated by more than 250 miles. Even so, in 2013, a two-year-old male wolf wearing a GPS collar from a pack in Denali dispersed and traveled over the summer to Yukon-Charley. The male, DENA 1308, established and led the Sorenson Pack in Yukon-Charley for the next six years.
This dispersal event got park biologists curious about the relatedness of wolves between Denali and Yukon-Charley.
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From 9News.com:
ROUTT COUNTY, Colo. — Routt County ranchers and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) disagreed for months over what killed a calf, until the ranch presented the state with a recording of its own investigator.
From EuroNews.com:
American farmers have been having a hard time dealing with wolf attacks, as the number of canis lupus has soared since they were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in 1995.
As a result, attacks on cattle and sheep have skyrocketed – with farmers finding themselves in a bind as they are forbidden to harm wolves due to their protected status.
But now, a technological innovation has been deployed in the fight to prevent attacks by wolves in the rural north-west: drones. And not just any drones – Quadcopter drones equipped with speakers which blare out AC/DC and the voice of Scarlett Johansson.
From WioNews.com:
Wolves on the remote island of Alaska are showing completely unexpected behaviour. They hunted all the deer, and when it ran out, they changed to a new animal, which is not even part of their ecosystem.
From Phys.org:
Gray wolf pups are born nearly helpless: blind, deaf and lacking the acute sense of smell of their elders. They usually remain in the safe confines of their den until they are at least three weeks old.
That is why UC Berkeley biologists were surprised to observe gray wolves near Yellowstone National Park traveling 20 kilometers or more over rugged, mountainous terrain, with very young pups in tow.
From CBC.ca:
A grey wolf that is possibly habituated to humans continues to be seen by visitors to Kananaskis Country, prompting concern from Alberta Parks.
The wolf, which has been spotted in campgrounds and along the road since spring, is an abnormal sight in the Bow Valley. The elusive predators are seldom seen up close.
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