From Yahoo.com:
A Mexican gray wolf spotted north of Interstate 40 earlier this year has been captured by helicopter and returned to the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area.
Male wolf M3065, nicknamed “Taylor” by conservationists due to his apparent affinity for Mount Taylor, was captured north of Gallina on Nov. 7 and transported to the Gila National Forest.
From ESPNSiouxFalls.com:
There’s been a lot of discussion surrounding wolves in Minnesota as of late. Recent reports have shown a substantial decline of the wolf population at Voyageurs National Park. Sightings are on the rise though, just a few weeks back the large canines were spotted strolling through the grounds of a local school in the town of Ely, sparking worry and discussion from the area’s residents.
This begs the question: Just how many wolves live in Minnesota, anyway? And is their population growing or declining?
From PNAS.org:
Wolves, the wild ancestor of dogs, are the only large carnivores that have undergone domestication by humans. Yet, it remains unclear if this process took place via direct and deliberate human control of wild wolves or if wolf populations gradually adapted to the human niche. Here, we report two canid individuals with gray wolf genetic ancestry excavated from a human archaeological site on a small isolated island in the Baltic Sea dated to between three and 5,000 y ago.
The remote island location in combination with the anthropogenic burial context, low genome-wide heterozygosity, marine-rich diet, and small size, are all consistent with a scenario in which these individuals were under human control, but other explanations are also possible.
From DailySabah.com:
U.S. scientists announced Monday that nearly two-thirds of all dog breeds carry detectable wolf DNA, indicating that domesticated dogs and wild wolves interbred within the past few thousand years.
And it is not genetic leftovers from when dogs originally evolved from wolves around 20,000 years ago, but instead suggests that domesticated dogs and wild wolves have interbred within the last few thousand years.
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From NLTimes.nl:
Wolves in the Netherlands primarily feed on wild game such as wild boar, roe deer, and red deer, while sheep make up only a small portion of their diet, according to new research based on wolf scat collected in Drenthe and on the Veluwe.
The study, led by the Center for Environmental Sciences at Leiden University in collaboration with Stichting Leo, the University of Antwerp, and the Dutch Mammal Society, analyzed more than 700 wolf droppings collected in 2023. Researchers examined the remains of prey animals to determine the wolves’ diet and found strong regional differences based on available prey.
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From EuroNews.com:
There has been a rapid increase in the number of one-on-one encounters between humans and wild animals even in residential areas
The sight of three of his sheep lying dead on the ground was shocking for farmer Anastasios Kasparidis. The large paw prints in the soil left no doubt that they had been killed by a bear, a once-rare but now increasingly frequent visitor in parts of northwestern Greece.
From PlumasSun.org:
California wildlife officials recognized a new wolf pack Nov. 17. The new Grizzly pack consists of a single breeding pair and a pup in the southern and southeastern corner of Plumas County, an area known as Clover Valley.
The announcement was a surprise to Rick Roberti, a Sierra Valley rancher and president of the California Cattlemen’s Association. He has been deeply involved in wolf issues throughout the region for most of the decade since the first California wolf pack was recognized in 2015.
From DutchNews.nl:
A wildlife camera placed in the Veluwe heathland region near Arnhem has captured a stag fleeing from two wolves in a dramatic chase around the edge of a small pond.
Forest ranger Frank Theunissen posted some of the footage on social media website BlueSky, saying the chase lasted at least 50 minutes.
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From KTLA.com:
The Trump administration has proposed sweeping revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that could significantly change how the nation protects its most vulnerable wildlife, raising alarms among conservationists and environmental advocates.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service and in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, announced last week four proposed rules that would roll back regulations finalized under the Biden administration in 2024.
From English.news.cn:
HELSINKI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — Finland will once again allow the killing of wolves from January 2026, ending more than five decades of strict protection for the species.
The government on Thursday submitted a bill to parliament seeking to repeal the 1973 law that banned wolf hunting nationwide.
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