Wolf-killing group makes a play for Wyoming

From WyoFile.com:

PINEDALE — Justin Webb wanted to hear what the seven trappers in the back row made of his pitch.

The Idaho panhandle resident had traveled all the way to Sublette County to promote his organization, the Foundation for Wildlife Management, a 501c3 nonprofit that makes payments to trappers who kill wolves. But two hours in, the stone-faced men had hardly said a word. Webb, the group’s executive director and an avid trapper himself, tried to ease the outdoorsmen gathered in the library conference room into saying something.

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Oregon: A federal judge has redrawn the map for managing wolves in the West, and Grant County is at ground zero

From the Blue Mountain Eagle in Oregon:

A judge’s decision to restore federal protections for gray wolves last month has put Grant County at ground zero for relisting the predators under the Endangered Species Act.

The decision drew a dividing line between wolf populations that can continue to be managed by state agencies and those that will once again be governed by more restrictive federal rules.

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What’s behind a bill to delist gray wolves from federal protection

From Wisconsin Public Radio:

Wisconsin senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin have introduced a bill to remove federal protections for gray wolves. We talk with a wildlife biologist and current Chair of the Timber Wolf Alliance Advisory Council to talk about what a return to state control would mean for wolves in Wisconsin.

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Terrified bloke spots ‘well-built wolf with long snout’ whilst walking in British woods

From the Daily Star in the UK:

A bloke couldn’t believe his eyes after he spotted a wild wolf roaming around woods in Gloucestershire.

hris Howard, who says he was just 15 metres away from the beast, was walking his dog at around 8.30pm before his encounter and now wants to warn others to be careful.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife donates wild burros to protect cattle from wolves

From OutThereColorado.com:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) donated six wild burros to a Jackson County rancher who has recently been the victim of several wolf depredation incidents. The department hopes the burros will protect the livestock, according to a news release.

The rancher, Don Gittleson, has experienced three incidents since December. The wolf population in Colorado was eradicated in the 1940s, with a functional population of the species absent from the state for decades. However, in 2020, a small pack with two adults naturally migrated to the area from a bordering state. It is believed that members from this pack are the animals that targeted Gittleson’s livestock.

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Colorado: Wolf attacks add to thousands in annual livestock damage

From WesternSlopeNow.com in Colorado:

DENVER (KDVR) — Wolves aren’t the number one cattle killer in Colorado, but they are a growing concern for ranchers already worried about gray wolf reintroduction.

A series of wolf attacks on cattle in northern Colorado have claimed several cattle and prompted wildlife managers to import wild burros as guard animals. Wolves moving south from Wyoming have caused four such incidents in the last four months, marking the end of an era. Prior to December 2021, Colorado hadn’t seen any wolf attacks since the 1940s.

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Washington state asks for input on proposed wolf-livestock conflict deterrence rule change

From komonews.com in Washington:

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking for feedback on proposed rule changes, which aim to direct staff on how they deal with wolf-livestock conflict.

There are no current laws dictating what officials should do in situations like this. However, there is a guidance followed, set up by a group of stakeholders.

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About half the diet of Indian, Himalayan wolves is domestic livestock: Study

From DowntoEarth.org:

About half of the diet of both wolf subspecies found in India — the woolly or Himalayan wolf and the Indian wolf — is made up of domestic lifestock, a new study has stated.

The woolly wolf’s diet consisted of 20 different food items including small birds, reptiles to large mammals and domestic animals such as cattle and yak.

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Wisconsin Sen. Johnson introduces legislation to delist gray wolf as endangered species

From the Merrill Foto News in Wisconsin:

WASHINGTON – In early March, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced bipartisan legislation to return management of gray wolf populations to states and delist the gray wolf as an endangered species in western Great Lakes states, including Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, as well as Wyoming under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

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The child-eating wolves of Turku: A horrifying series of fatal wolf attacks on children between 1880–1881 in rural southwest Finland

From Historyofyesterday.com:

A lot of things could kill you in 19th Century Finland but perhaps one of the nastiest ways to go was to be attacked by a wolf. The grey wolf (canis lupus) is most active by night and usually hunts in packs to predate on ungulates like deer and moose. Wolves can also hunt in pairs or alone. Wolves have exceptional endurance and can travel far and fast.

Wolves by their nature avoid people and, according to one study, there have been fewer than 3,000 people killed by wolves worldwide in the past 300 years.

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