From PressTimes.com:
Through Aug. 3, wolves had killed at least 18 calves, 10 dogs, five chickens, one cow, one miniature horse, one miniature donkey and one goat in central and northern Wisconsin so far this year. About half of those occurred since July 1, plus a pet dog, miniature horse and a calf injured. Now it appears that funding for depredation claims on those July kills — and others that occur the rest of the fiscal year — may be deferred until the end of June, 2027.
From EasternArizona.com:
Arizona Cattle Growers Association Executive Director Suzanne Menges says Greenlee County ranchers are increasingly reporting Mexican gray wolves killing mature cows, not only calves or weakened animals.
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From The Times of India:
In 1922, biologist Olaus J. Murie entered Alaska’s vast wilderness to study caribou, beginning a body of field research that would eventually influence how scientists and park managers understood wildlife as part of interconnected ecosystems. Murie had been hired by the US Biological Survey as a wildlife biologist and spent much of the early 1920’s studying Alaskan caribou, including their movements and populations.
From MoneyControl.com:
International Wolf Day is observed every year on 13 August. Know the story of the Indian wolf who has a remarkable evolutionary history, with its lineage dating back more than 100,000 years. Here’s why this ancient wolf matters to science.
From Forbes.com:
Adventure travelers are joining expert-led expeditions from Italy’s Apennines and Spain’s Riaño Mountains to the French Alps and Finland for the chance to see wolves in the wild.
From MontanaFreePress.org:
A bipartisan bill co-authored by Montana Senator Steve Daines could provide up to $20 million a year to fund nonlethal ways of stopping wild predators from killing domestic livestock nationwide.
From WXYZ:
(WXYZ) — For the first time ever, researchers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University has estimated Michigan’s wolf population in the Upper Peninsula using remote cameras.
From The Wildlife Society:
For a pack of wolves, fresh roadkill can be mouth-watering. Scientists are using this appetite for carrion to their advantage to keep the predators away from ranchers’ cattle—especially during the season when wolves are the hungriest.
From AspenTimes.com:
A licensed hunter reportedly killed one of Colorado’s female gray wolves in January.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a Monday, Aug. 10, news release that the cause of death was confirmed by a joint investigation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service into the wolf’s death on Jan. 16.
From ScienceDaily:
Dogs have been shaping—and being shaped by—humans for about 15,000 years, evolving from early partners of hunter-gatherers into an astonishing range of specialized companions. Across the globe, they adapted alongside people to wildly different environments and needs, from powerful Arctic sled dogs and agile rainforest hunters to high-altitude dogs with genetic traits for surviving thin air.
Some were even bred for wool, while others played important spiritual or ceremonial roles.
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