From The Times in the UK:
It is a controversial debate that often rears its head: should the wolf, which once freely roamed Scotland, be reintroduced?
According to fresh research, the carnivore’s return would help to control deer populations, and it identifies the Highlands and Grampian mountains as the best places to unleash the apex predator.
From the Marshall Independent in Minnesota:
(May 11, 1900) — The wolf hunters and farmers have made a good stake out of the county this spring. The county auditor has issued warrants for wolf bounties amounting to $2,953 from March 1st, up to last Saturday. From the first of January $7 is paid for the scalp of grown wolves, and $5 the balance of the year, while $3 a head is paid for cubs. Of this bounty for the extermination of wolves the state reimburses the county for two-thirds the amount paid, but the reimbursement is not received till August 1st.
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From Outdoor Life:
On Tuesday, the Arizona Game and Fish Department announced that four more Mexican gray wolves were released into the wild. The pairs, dubbed “Manada del Arroyo” and “Manada del Gavilan,” were raised on the Ladder Ranch in New Mexico and placed in two areas in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Officials expect all four “to adapt and survive in their native environment,” according to the agency.
With this release, Mexico is now home to 45 of the rare subspecies, which was listed as endangered in 1976 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The recovery effort is a collaboration between U.S. agencies and Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected Areas.
From Missoulian.com in Montana:
A Sanders County man who led an anti-wolf campaign has been convicted of nine misdemeanor hunting violations.
Alfred “Toby” Bridges faces multiple warrants for his arrest due to his failure to appear in court for two additional charges of illegally shooting a black bear over bait, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks spokesperson Dillon Tabish. Bridges was the subject of a yearlong investigation by FWP game wardens.
From Field & Stream:
A group of legislators from Wisconsin and Wyoming is pushing to get wolves delisted once again from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The effort comes after a surprise ruling by a federal judge on February 10 that restored federal protections to gray wolves throughout the continental U.S., except in the Northern Rockies. That ruling, which was spurred by a lawsuit from a coalition of environmental groups, reversed a 2020 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist gray wolves. The current bipartisan legislation, which is sponsored by Wisconsin senators Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D), as well as Wyoming senators Cynthia Lummis (R) and John Barrasso (R), would delist gray wolves only in the Great Lakes Region and Wyoming.
From WillmarRadio.com in Minnesota:
(Washington, DC) — Three Minnesota Republicans are part of a group in the U-S House calling for a hearing on legislation that would return the management of gray wolves to the states. A February ruling by a California federal judge put the gray wolf back on the federal endangered species list.
From Mongabay.com in India:
India’s unique wolf population and the grasslands on which they live are under increasing pressure due to compensatory plantations and development schemes.
Counting the wolves could aid conservation efforts, but their elusiveness and highly mobile nature has posed a challenge to conducting a census.
From Coloradoan.com:
The Montana Stockgrowers Association has asked its state wildlife agency to prevent wolves from being captured and released into Colorado as part of the Centennial State’s voter-mandated reintroduction plan.
It’s not that the 135-year-old livestock producer organization is supportive of keeping Montana’s wolves in the state. Instead, in a letter to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks the organization voiced its concern for the livestock producers of Colorado as a sign of solidarity.
From AZCentral.com:
The Arizona House has passed a bill that would strip state wildlife officials of the authority to stop the killing of Mexican gray wolves in certain circumstances. The bill is now in the Senate, where conservation organizations say its prospects are good.
House Bill 2181 bars the state Game and Fish Commission from prohibiting a person from killing a wolf if the person feels threatened or if their livestock or pets are threatened. The bill doesn’t explicitly say that only the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the federal wildlife management agency, can set rules for killing Mexican wolves, but that would be the result if it became law.
From the Bozeman Daily Chronicle:
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS — A convoy of guides, tourists and seasoned wolf-watchers set out from Gardiner before dawn. They didn’t have to go far.
Five miles or so beyond Yellowstone National Park’s north entrance, a black wolf howled and scurried across a slope.
The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future.