From VailDaily.com:
In a story about how coyotes have proliferated in Colorado despite efforts to eradicate them, the Vail Trail reported that wildlife officials suspected that reintroducing wolves to Colorado “would be difficult partly because the coyote has filled the predatorial niche wolves once occupied.”
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
Wyoming’s premier hunter “High Powered” Williams, who had once bested a Hole-in-the-Wall gang member, finally met his match in the 1920s. But it wasn’t another outlaw, it was the notorious Custer wolf that was terrorizing the countryside.
From Fox2Now.com:
The Endangered Wolf Center in St. Louis announced that efforts to help six endangered Mexican Wolf Pups born in the state.
The Mexican wolf, according to the center, is a keystone species, as less than 300 exist in the wild.
From ColoradoPolitics.com:
The state wolf compensation fund, set at $350,000 by statute last year, saw claims from 2024 that are approaching double that amount.
Data obtained through an open records request to Colorado Parks and Wildlife showed that the agency paid out $425,478.61 in claims.
From SwissInfo.ch:
Farmers in the northern Jura mountain region will not be able to use donkeys to protect their herds of sheep and goats against wolf attacks. The Swiss government considers this practice to be contrary to the law. The cantons will no longer be able to issue exemptions.
FromCowboyStateDaily.com:
An outdoorsman is calling for people to show up in Daniel on June 14 to support Wyoming’s wolf management policies and to counter what he says is the inaccurate demonization of local resident Cody Roberts.
From MountainJournal.org:
Wyoming’s top predators could be facing more pressure this fall. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is proposing to raise hunting quotas for both gray wolves and mountain lions, a move that would put more tags in hunters’ hands.
From NaturalResourceReport.com:
Today, the Oregon House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 777A, legislation that significantly strengthens Oregon’s Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance Grant Program. Representative Bobby Levy (R-Echo), a leading voice for rural Oregon, carried the bill in the House and applauded its successful passage as a bipartisan victory for ranching families and communities impacted by wolf activity.
From Hoodline.com:
The debate over the future of the Mexican gray wolf in Arizona has reached new heights as Rep. Gail Griffin calls for the animal’s removal from the Endangered Species Act protections.
From YLE.fi:
A clear majority of Finnish parliamentarians responding to an Yle survey said they were prepared to downgrade the protective status of wolves from “strictly protected” to “protected”.
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