From Center for Biological Diversity:
GRAND COUNTY, Colo.— The Center for Biological Diversity, conservation partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards amounting to over $100,000 for information leading to arrests and convictions in the 2024 shooting death of a gray wolf in Colorado.
From MinnesotaReformer.com:
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife service has denied two petitions from hunting advocacy groups to reduce federal protections for gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act.
The petitions asked the agency to recognize wolves in western Great Lakes states, including Minnesota, as a distinct subpopulation and delist them, and also to reduce protections on wolves in parts of Oregon, California and Washington.
From OutdoorLife.com:
As Colorado prepares to reintroduce its second batch of gray wolves this winter, the state agency responsible for the voter-mandated reintroduction effort is facing even more pressure from livestock producers. On Dec. 31, ranchers in Grand County submitted a request to Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeking $582,000 in compensation for the impacts they say gray wolves have had on their operations.
From EuroWeeklyNews.com:
Spanish farmers call for less protection for wolves. They want to start the culling now. March 2025 could change everything for Spain’s wolves.
From PostIndependent.com:
In 2026, Colorado voters could be asked to recall the law that brought wolves back to the state one year ago.
Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy filed a draft proposition on Jan. 3 to pull back wolf reintroduction with the Colorado Legislative Council, the first step in a long process to put the matter back in front of voters.
From KUOW.org:
A conservation group is teaming up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to offer a $20,000 reward for help catching the person or people responsible for the deaths of three gray wolves in Washington state.
The Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday that it is doubling the federal agency’s $10,000 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions in three separate killings of the endangered wolves.
“I’m so saddened by the illegal killings of yet more Washington wolves,” said Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate at the nonprofit, in a statement. “These beautiful animals didn’t deserve to die this way, and whoever killed them should face the full force of the law.”
From AZCentral.com:
A five-year evaluation of the binational Mexican gray wolf recovery program reveals a stark contrast between the recovery programs in the United States and Mexico. Federal officials lauded the U.S. program for surpassing recovery goals, but wolf advocacy groups are decrying the report for downplaying the status of wolves in Mexico.
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From KOIN.com:
Police and Oregon wildlife officials are offering rewards totaling over $130,000 for information leading to an arrest or citation in various wolf poaching incidents throughout the state over the last two years.
Wolf poaching has been a growing concern, especially since gray wolves are protected under the Endangered Species Act in the western two-thirds of Oregon.
According to an April report from the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management, the state’s wolf population did not grow at all in 2023. This marked the first year of zero annual growth in 16 years.
From Straight Arrow News:
Sweden’s once-endangered wolf population is making a comeback, stirring debate over how best to manage the species. While conservationists are celebrating the population’s growth, the Swedish government is calling for it to be halved.
On Thursday, Jan. 2, the government issued a license to hunt, allowing hunters to kill up to 30 wolves across five territories to reduce the population, which currently stands at 375. This move aligns with the European Commission’s goal to loosen protections for wolves across the continent.
From tri-cityherald.com:
For the second time in less than a month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $10,000 reward for information related to the illegal killing of a gray wolf in the region. The federal service, along with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, are seeking information about the killing of a federally endangered adult male gray wolf in Klickitat County, which neighbors Benton County. They’re offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest, criminal conviction or civil penalty.
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