From The Journal in Cortez, Colorado:
The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners continues to oppose gray wolf reintroduction into the Western Slope, a plan narrowly approved by Colorado voters in November.
Commissioners passed a resolution March 23 titled “Making Montezuma County A Sanctuary From Wolf Reintroduction.”
From the Times Colonist:
A Victoria area hunter with an international reputation for trophy hunting is disputing claims that she wiped out an entire wolf pack in the Sooke area.
Sam Webb, president of Wild Wise Society, said it’s not confirmed, but the pack of about seven animals is believed to be dead because a naturalist who has been monitoring the pack for years using cameras on game trails hasn’t captured video of them in several weeks.
From the Antigo Times in Wisconsin:
MADISON, Wis. – With the recent delisting of wolves from the federal endangered species list, some livestock farmers and pet owners are wondering how this change affects Wisconsin’s wolf conflict program. While the delisting has prompted some changes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services (USDA-Wildlife Services) remains the first point of contact for reporting all wolf conflict incidents.
For livestock and pet owners dealing with a potential wolf-involved conflict, swift reporting to USDA-Wildlife Services remains critical for the collection of evidence and the timely implementation of conflict resolution options. Verification of any wolf-involved conflict is still required for reimbursement of damages or loss.
From BBC.com:
“This is where it happened,” says Felipe Luis Codesal, opening the gate to a three-hectare field on his farm in Zamora, north-west Spain.
One night last November, a pack of wolves got through the fence surrounding the field and attacked Mr Codesal’s sheep, many of which were pregnant. When he arrived the next morning, he found 11 animals had been killed. Over the following days, he says, another 36 sheep died from injuries sustained in that attack and miscarriages it triggered.
From The New York Times:
HELENA, Mont. — In addition to its spectacular landscape of mountains, rivers and prairie, Montana, the third least populous state in the country, has long been known for something else — wildlife policies that have protected animals of all sorts, including ones like grizzly bears and gray wolves that are often seen as threats to humans and to farming and ranching.
The state’s abundance and variety of wildlife has been a selling point for tourism, a source of pride to many Montanans and something that has set it apart from its less ecologically minded neighbors in the Mountain West. Even as its neighboring states of Idaho and Wyoming have aggressively reduced their wolf population, for example, Montana has managed its numbers largely through hunting seasons and targeted lethal control actions by wildlife biologists.
From the Pioneer Press:
DULUTH — In late January 2019, during a bitterly cold winter spell, scientists flew to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to try to locate three wolves that had recently been relocated to the island, the first part of a landmark effort to restore the delicate balance between wolves and moose — their chief prey — in the remote national park.
From Futurity.org:
The way a population is organized into social groups affects the spread of infectious diseases within it, modeling of wolves in Yellowstone National Park shows.
The findings may be applicable to any social species and could be useful in the protection of endangered species that suffer from disease outbreaks.
From The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington:
Wolves. Cougars. Bears. Prey and, oh my, people.
That complicated configuration of animals is the subject of a newly released Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife video focusing on the ongoing Predator-Prey Project. In the 13-minute video, to be released Thursday at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s commission meeting, scientists, politicians and wildlife managers explain the purpose of the multiyear study, accompanied by breathtaking videos of Washington’s native carnivores.
From the Helena Independent Record in Montana:
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte said he should have known about a state-mandated certification class before trapping a wolf near Gardiner last month, an action for which he received a written warning.
Mountain West News Bureau first reported Monday that Gianforte trapped a wolf on Feb. 15 and received a written warning from game wardens for doing so without first completing a required certification course. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks told the bureau that wardens have discretion in issuing citations or warnings, and typically used warnings as a means of education.
From the North Platte Telegraph:
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have confirmed that a gray wolf was shot and killed last fall in north-central Nebraska south of Bassett.
The 81-pound male wolf was shot by a rancher checking on his livestock Nov. 16. Wildlife officials said the wolf had coloration like a coyote, but was much larger. The rancher told authorities he had recently lost three yearling calves to what he suspected were coyote attacks.
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