From the Star Tribune in Minnesota:
The wolf waited silently, caught in a trap a few yards into the woods.
Biologists Thomas Gable and Austin Homkes approached slowly, carrying a sedative attached to the end of a long pole.
Public input is sought on the latest draft of the Michigan Wolf Management Plan.
From the MerrillFotoNews.com in Wisconsin:
On July 1, 2022, USDA-Wildlife Services verified that wolves killed a Plott trailing hound in the Town of Russell, Lincoln County.
Dog owners are reminded to exercise caution in wolf occupied areas. Conflicts between hunting dogs and wolves are most common during the bear training and hunting season. Dogs have also been depredated pursuing other wildlife including fox, coyotes, bobcat, rabbit, snowshoe hare, and upland birds. More information is available on the DNR’s website.
From The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington:
Washington will not implement wolf-livestock rules two years after Gov. Jay Inslee asked state wildlife managers to reduce the number of wolves killed.
The 9-person commission voted 5-4 to not adopt the rule Friday morning. With that vote the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue to manage wolves under the wolf-livestock protocols which have been developed in the 14 years since wolves naturally returned to the state.
From DowntoEarth.org:
The Himalayan wolf, found throughout the Himalayas, is a major predator of livestock in the region; however, if its natural prey is abundant, it would not show preference for livestock, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, examined and analysed scats from Himalayan wolves as well as snow leopards and red foxes in four areas spread across the Union Territory of Ladakh and the Spiti Valley of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh.
From WTIP.org in Minnesota:
Wolves will eat donuts.
And people should never feed them pastries, or any other food.
These were the sentiments shared by the Tofte District Ranger on Superior National Forest during a recent WTIP interview.
From the Yakima Herald in Washington:
In a sometimes heated meeting Washington wildlife managers continued to debate last week whether or not to implement new wolf-livestock rules.
While the commissioners won’t vote on the proposed rule until July 8, based on comments during the Friday meeting it appears the appointed body has little appetite for the new rule which stems from a letter Gov. Inslee sent the agency in 2019, demanding the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife kill fewer wolves.
From MagicValley.com and the Associated Press:
BOISE — A U.S. agency responsible for killing wolves and other predators to prevent attacks on livestock has agreed to settle a lawsuit by completing an extensive environmental study on its methods in Idaho.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services also agreed last week not to use poison gas cartridges or fire to kill wolf pups in dens in Idaho until the study is finished at the end of 2024.
From BRNODaily.com in the Czech Republic:
Brno, June 4 (BD) – What are large predators? The term is partially arbitrary, in the sense that it is not a taxonomic category defined by strict criteria of physical and genetic characteristics, but is defined by their place in the food chain: they can eat most large herbivores and are not eaten by any other animal. In Central Europe, the broad term predator therefore includes four species: the wolf, the brown bear, the lynx and the golden jackal. The fox is not included because it is only able to attack modest prey such as rodents.
From the Capital Press:
Washington killed two wolves in June after an influx of range-riders couldn’t stop the Togo pack from attacking more calves, according to Fish and Wildlife reports released Wednesday.
Adding more state-funded range-riders from two organizations was a last-stand tactic to discourage a pack with a long history of preying on cattle in Ferry County.
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