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Major farm groups have lobbied for the right to cull wolves. A new study finds the animals may have gotten a bad rap.

From TheCounter.org:

A new study covered in Modern Farmer challenges the notion that wolves are a major antagonist for ranchers and their herds. The common perception has fueled demands from agricultural organizations like the American Farm Bureau to pull the animal from the Endangered Species Act, enabling ranchers to cull them. Yet, after studying Spanish communities that reported heightened wolf activity, researchers at England’s University of Leeds say that wolves are a scapegoat, and U.S. statistics show wolves aren’t a problem for all farmers, or even most farmers, depending on region.

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Six Ojibwe tribes sue Wisconsin to block fall wolf hunt

From UPI.com:

Sept. 21 (UPI) — Six Native American tribes sued Wisconsin on Tuesday in an effort to stop the state’s wolf hunting and trapping season.

The six Ojibwe tribes claim the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Board “knowingly discriminated” against the tribes by acting to nullify their share of wolves hunted in the upcoming Nov. 6 season, violating a pair of treaties dating back to 1837 and 1842.

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Why have gray wolves failed to gain a foothold in Colorado?

From the Aspen Daily Times:

In the early days of October 2020, a soft breeze blew across Cold Spring Mountain, rustling the sagebrush and aspen groves. Three prominent conservationists camped near the weathered land marker that identified the junction of Utah, Colorado and Wyoming, hoping to hear something that had long been absent from this landscape: the howling of a pack of wolves.

Karin Vardaman, who is widely recognized as one of the nation’s experts on wolves, was collecting data for the Working Circle, a nonprofit she founded that works to reduce conflicts between predators and livestock producers. That winter, a wolf pair and as many as four others were spotted in Moffat County, Colorado — the first pack of wolves documented in the state in more than 80 years.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Status Review of Gray Wolves in the Western U.S.

From the Sierra Sun Times:

September 20, 2021 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has completed the initial review of two petitions filed to list gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the western U.S. as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Service finds that the petitions present substantial, credible information indicating that a listing action may be warranted and will initiate a comprehensive status review of the gray wolf in the western U.S.

On June 1, 2021, the Service received a petition (dated May 26, 2021) to list the gray wolf Northern Rocky Mountain Distinct Population Segment (DPS) or a new western U.S. DPS as a threatened or endangered species under the ESA. The Service received a second, similar petition on July 29, 2021 (addendum). The Federal Register notice will serve as the 90-day finding for both petitions.

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Wisconsin Tribes Claim Half The Quota For Fall Wolf Hunt

From Wisconsin Public Radio:

Wisconsin tribes are claiming 50 percent of the harvest quota for the upcoming fall wolf hunt, and they want to drive the share for state-licensed hunters lower after the February wolf hunt.

Wisconsin’s Ojibwe tribes are entitled to up to half the quota as part of a federal court ruling that affirmed tribal treaty rights. Tribes don’t plan to harvest the animal, according to John Johnson Sr., chair of the Voigt Intertribal Task Force with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. The commission represents 11 tribes across Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.

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Hunting of wolves set to be banned across Spain

From EuroWeeklyNews.com:

The hunting of wolves is set to be banned across Spain. The new regulations will come into force on Wednesday, September 22.

As of Tuesday, September 21, the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus) has been included in the List of Species under Special Protection Regime. This means that from Wednesday the hunting of the species across Spain will be banned, according to the order of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge which has been published in the Official State Gazette.
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Intelligent fence should recognize wolves and chase them away

From MarketResearchTelecast.com:

Researchers from the University of Bremen and Giessen and the company RoFlexs are working on the “mAInZaun” project. Behind it is a “modular, autonomous and intelligent pasture (protection) fence with detection and deterring predators”. The pasture fence should use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect wolves and drive them away using various automatically triggered signals such as ultrasound.

It is also planned that the fence will warn of unauthorized intruders and gaps in the fence system – everything for a better coexistence of people, livestock and wolves. For this purpose, a camera system with night vision and infrared is in progress, which is switched on by signals from a permanently active motion sensor. At the moment, efforts are being made to record only silhouettes for data protection reasons. Images and videos are evaluated directly on site and are not saved.

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Biden administration to rethink gray wolf protections after hundreds killed due to sticking with Trump policy

From the Independent:

The Biden administration is reviewing whether to put American gray wolves back on the endangered species list after originally sticking with a Trump-era policy which led to hundreds of the species being killed in the last year.

Last November former President Trump removed gray wolves’ protections under the Endangered Species Act after population numbers rebounded following decades of conservation work.

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Belgium: Equestrians call for immediate action against wolves

From The Brussels Times in Belgium:

Two of the top equestrians in Flanders are calling on the Belgian government to take action regarding the presence of wolves in the area, and political parties are urging Flemish Minister of Environment Zuhal Demir to look into relocating the species.

Some of the most expensive horses in Flanders are stabled directly in the territory of wolves, according to the Flemish infocentre for agriculture and horticulture (VILT).

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State OKs killing most wolves in Eastern Oregon pack

From the Capital Press:

BAKER CITY, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has authorized killing most of the wolves in the Lookout Mountain pack, including its breeding male.

But the agency does not plan to target the breeding female from the pack in eastern Baker County, which has killed six head of cattle since mid-July and injured two others, including a 6-month-old calf killed late last week.

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