From the Spokesman Review:
A pair of bills to encourage more people to kill wolves drew spirited debate at the Montana Legislature’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee Jan. 31.
Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Brown, R-Thompson Falls, said the measures would restore balance to struggling elk and deer populations in his region. Opponents called the changes unnecessary and unethical.
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From Cabin Radio in Canada:
This week, the territorial government announced an additional $700 per wolf carcass in the North Slave region as a step to supporting barren-ground caribou herd recovery.
The wolf harvest incentive area encompasses the Wekweètì region as well as the Ekati, Diavik, Snap Lake, Gahcho Kué, and Colomac mines.
From Dawn.com:
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Tribal people have killed a wolf of rare species of the Sulaiman Range to protect their animals while rest of five more wolves are being chased by the group of people belonging to different tribes in the Tuman Leghari area to shoot them.
According to World Wildlife Foundation representative Attaullah, the incident of wolf shooting took place at Pharawn in Tuman Leghari, adjacent to Tuman Gorchani. He said a pack of six wolves had attacked animals of the locals and they started chasing it to kill the wolves.
From the Revelstoke Mountaineer:
The number of wolves killed in the Revelstoke area in a program designed to aid endangered mountain caribou now sits at 29.
In 2015, the B.C. forests ministry began a wolf removal program in several areas of B.C. in an effort to help recover endangered mountain caribou populations. The ministry cited studies that showed 40 per cent of deaths of adult caribou that the government investigated were caused by wolves.
From the Missoulian in Montana:
Renowned wolf biologist Diane Boyd will present a program on the status of the wolf recovery program at the Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 Flathead Audubon program from 7-9 p.m. at the Gateway West Community Room in Kalispell.
From the Sawyer County Record:
We’ve all heard of wolves attacking hunting dogs deep in the woods, but we are less likely to hear about a wolf attacking a dog near a home. The latter is raising some concern in the Namakagon area.
From UpperMichigansSource.com and Isle Royale National Park:
HOUGHTON, Mich. (WLUC) – Immediately following the end of the government shutdown, National Park Service (NPS) personnel went to Isle Royale to prepare for a potential translocation of wolves from Canada and the 61st annual wolf/moose population monitoring. The extreme cold and weather conditions prevented any successful translocation of wolves from Ontario last week.
From TheNews.com:
“A wolf attacks a man”: true or false, this story reported in the Daily newspaper Bild, the most read of Germany, has fueled the debate on the increased presence of this predator in the country, noted in the German campaigns and generating diffuse fears.
From The Columbian:
One of the few wolves that has taken up residence near Mount Hood has died, wildlife officials confirmed Monday.
The wolf was found in November near U.S. 26 and its cause of death was unknown, said Elizabeth Materna, a spokeswoman with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency responsible for wolf management in most of Western Oregon.
From IdahoNews.com and the Associated Press:
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho board that pays a federal agency to kill wolves that attack livestock and elk is a step closer to becoming permanent following a Senate panel’s split vote on Monday.
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