Unprecedented livestock attacks by one California wolf pack cost $2.6 million

From TheSacramentoBee:

The unprecedented reliance of a single Sierra Valley wolf pack on livestock for food cost local ranchers and the state of California at least $2.6 million over a roughly six-month period last year, according to researchers at UC Davis .

The Beyem Seyo pack hunted at least 92 calves and cows from late March through early October, costing ranchers $235,000 in livestock losses and the state more than $2 million in intervention costs, economist Tina Saitone and researcher Tracy Schohr said in the university’s quarterly agricultural economics update on Friday. If another two dozen cattle are confirmed to have been killed by wolves also, the livestock losses would rise to about $300,000, they said.

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Wolves are once again invading a country full of dikes and tulips, forcing the Netherlands to rethink coexistence with large predators in an overpopulated territory.

From ClickPetroleoeGas.com:

The return of wolves to Holland after more than a century of absence transformed a country known for dykes e tulips In a real-world experiment testing the coexistence of large predators and human activities within a confined territory, stable herds began to occupy natural areas surrounded by cities, roads, and farms within a few years. This created tension with livestock farmers and pressured authorities to revise regulations for wildlife protection and management.

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Colorado’s wolf restoration faces new headwinds entering third year

from KUNC.org:

A year ago this week, Colorado biologists boarded a nimble Hughes-500 helicopter in British Columbia and helped capture 15 healthy wolves.

The animals were put on a plane and brought to the West Slope, where they were released in a secret location in the darkness.

Today, the wolf reintroduction program is entering a new year in a state of limbo as the effort to reach a self-sustaining wolf population in Colorado faces new headwinds.

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Restrictions On High Tech For Hunting Sent To Idaho Legislature For Consideration

From NWSportsmanMag.com:

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME

In response to concerns about advancements in hunting technology, Idaho Fish and Game in summer 2024  formed the “Hunting and Advanced Technology” (HAT) working group from 750 volunteers who applied to represent various interests regarding hunting and technology.

The 23-member group included a cross section of sportsmen and women, including traditional archers, competitive long-range shooters, houndsmen, trappers, deer and elk hunters, bear baiters, wolf hunters, and more, who all shared their perspectives on what is and is not fair chase in big game hunting.

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Could artificial intelligence help prevent wolf-livestock conflicts in Washington?

From OPB.org:

Artificial intelligence could one day help deter wolves from preying on livestock in Washington state. That’s the hope of the nonprofit Wildlife Protection Solutions.

The idea is to place remote cameras, sensors and trackers where livestock and wolves roam. The system constantly transmits data. AI filters through all the data to look for specific things, like wolves getting too close to livestock or fences.

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Wolves in Croatia: Only 43 packs, the condition is good only in the Alpine region

From GlasHrvatske.hrt.hr:

In order to ensure a stable and long-term sustainable wolf population, which is stable only in the Alpine region, Croatia, where 43 wolf packs have been observed, is preparing a new wolf management plan after the European Commission’s proposal to change the status of the wolf from a strictly protected to a protected species was adopted.

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UNBC Professor collaborating in large-scale wolf removal research

From MyPrinceGeorgeNow.com:

UNBC is joining communities, governments, and other academic partners on the impacts of large-scale wolf removal in the north.

To help with the study, researchers are using carcases collected over the past 15 years to study wolves’ diet, what diseases they carry, and their DNA.

Ecosystem Science and Management Associate Professor Dr. Jamie Gorrell said when trying to protect the caribou, they don’t want to do irreversible damage to the wolf population.

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Nearly 12 And Huge, Yellowstone Wolf 1090F Earns Title Of Oldest In Yellowstone

From CowboyStateDaily.com:

Yellowstone National Park has a new wolf matriarch.

Wolf 1090F has reached the age of 11 years, 9 months, an almost unprecedented age for wolves in Yellowstone, and fans say she’s still going strong.

That makes her the oldest living wolf in the park. She’s surpassed the age of the legendary 907F, who died at roughly 11 years, 8 months old on Christmas Day 2024, a few days after a fight with members of a rival wolf pack.

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[Representative] LaLota a Critical ‘No’ on Wolf Protections

From EastHamptonStar.com:

Republican Representative Nick LaLota of the First Congressional District cast a critical vote on Dec. 18 to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf outside of Alaska. The gray wolf was first listed as endangered under the act in 1974.

The vote comes after the Trump administration proposed a series of changes to the act in mid-November. The public comment window on those changes, which could harm some of the East End’s most celebrated species, like the piping plover, monarch butterfly, Eastern tiger salamander, and North Atlantic right whale, ended on Dec. 22.

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Wolf with tracker swims over [Netherlands] rivers, travels 30 kilometres a day

From DutchNews.no:

Five animals have so far been fitted with tracking collars in a study examining how wolves, prey animals and people move through the Dutch landscape, researchers at the Hoge Veluwe national park said on Thursday.

The researchers, led by Wageningen University, have so far tagged one wolf and four deer. More than 400 visitors have also voluntarily carried GPS trackers while walking in the park, covering almost 13,000 kilometres in total.

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