Wandering wolf of the Southwest confined through 2025 breeding season in hopes of producing pups

From ABC News:

SANTA FE, N.M. — An exceptionally restless female Mexican gray wolf nicknamed Asha will be held in captivity with a potential mate through another breeding season in hopes of aiding the recovery of the species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday.

Asha captivated the public imagination after she was found wandering far beyond the boundaries established along the Arizona-New Mexico border for managing the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America. She has twice been captured north of Interstate 40, most recently in December 2023 near Coyote, New Mexico, and the Valles Caldera National Preserve.

 

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Colorado’s July wolf activity map includes update on hazing rumors, wolf pups

From The Aspen Times:

Colorado’s collared wolves largely remained in Routt, Grand, Summit, and Jackson counties and somewhat withdrew from some areas like Eagle County over the past month, according to a map released by CPW on Wednesday.

The map, posted on the agency’s website, uses Colorado watershed boundaries to indicate where wolves have been detected and reflects movements from June 25 through July 23. It is updated on the fourth Wednesday of every month. State officials have released the maps monthly since January after reintroducing 10 wolves in Grand and Summit counties in December.

 

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Nationalpark administration: Wolf still on Norderney

From ASB Zeitung:

More than one and a half months after the first sighting of a wolf on Norderney, the Niedersaächsisches Wattenmeer National Park Administration assumes that the animal is still on the North Sea island. In early and mid-July, there were four more recordings of the wolf from wildlife cameras, as Thea Hamm, biologist with the National Park Administration in Wilhelmshaven, informed the German Press Agency on request. A cyclist has also reported a reliable observation, but without photographic evidence. The most recent confirmed sighting is from a wildlife camera on July 15. Although this sighting is already several days old, it is still assumed that the animal is still on the island.

 

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Effects of wolf reintroduction on Isle Royale are fleeting, impacted by humans

From The Daily Cardinal:

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found in May 2024 the effects of wolf reintroduction on Isle Royale to be temporary and particularly impacted by human recreation, despite being one of the least visited National Parks.

Mauriel Rodriguez Curras and UW-Madison ecology professor Jonathan Pauli collected DNA from foxes’ and martens’ scat and hair to investigate spatial, dietary and behavioral habits before wolves were introduced, within the first year of introduction and as packs coalesced on the island.

 

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Systematic monitoring: Gray wolf autopsy findings since the species’ comeback to Germany

From Phys.org:

At the turn of the millennium, gray wolves returned to Germany after 150 years and subsequently established territories in many parts of the country. But coexistence harbors challenges—for both humans and animals. Since 2006, almost all gray wolves found dead in Germany have been examined at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) in order to assess their health status and determine the cause(s) of death.

 

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Saint or devil: Return of wolves stirs debate in Europe

From Japan Today:

Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Well, quite a few European governments, it seems.

Gray wolves were virtually exterminated in Europe a century ago but now, thanks to conservation efforts, numbers have rebounded.

The predator’s population growth has triggered howls of protest from farmers and concern from conservationists.

 

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Colorado wolves: Pup spotted, depredations becoming less frequent

From Fox21:

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners met Friday to discuss several aspects of wildlife management in Colorado, including its voter-mandated reintroduced wolf program.

Reid DeWalt, assistant director of Aquatics, Terrestrial, and Natural Resources for CPW, told the commissioners that CPW staff made it to the den, in a remote, difficult-to-access area. DeWalt said biologists spotted one pup but still monitoring the den and rendezvous site for evidence of how many wolf pups may have been born.

 

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Yellowstone superintendent seeks hunting relief for wolves after another deadly winter

From Cap City News:

The 2023-24 winter proved the third deadliest for Yellowstone wolves in the decades since Canis lupus was reintroduced to the landscape in 1995. Overall, 13 wolves were shot by legal hunters, caught by trappers, killed by poachers or died of suspected hunting-related injuries.

Like in past winters, the vast majority of wolves that met their fate after straying beyond the protections of Yellowstone National Park did so in Montana, near the park’s northern boundary. Eight wolves were legally hunted or trapped in Montana hunting zones, one was poached and two more died from suspected gunshot wounds. By contrast, one park wolf died each in Wyoming and Idaho hunts.

 

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Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission issues cougar and wolf decisions

From Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission:

OLYMPIA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission met virtually on July 19 to discuss several carnivore topics including proposed changes to cougar hunting seasons and the state listing status of gray wolves.

First, the Commission delegated a rule making petition to establish a spring black bear depredation permit season to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) director. The director will review the merits of the petition and decide whether to accept the petition to initiate rule making.

 

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife updates rules to allow ranchers to kill wolves that are attacking ‘working dogs’

From The Aspen Times:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has updated its rules to allow ranchers to kill wolves that are actively attacking “working dogs.”

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service late last year finalized a document, known as the 10(j) rule, that outlined when wolves could be killed in Colorado and paved the way for the species to be re-introduced in the state.

Months after the release of 10 wolves in the state, the CPW Commission voted unanimously on Friday to update state regulations to reflect the 10(j) rule’s language regarding “working dogs.”

 

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