Wolf Packs Suffer When Humans Kill Their Leaders

From Psychology Today:

Wolves are amazing and magnificent carnivores. They are highly social, pack-living animals whose numbers have been decimated globally because of their predatory ways.

While it’s been known that human intrusions into their lives can affect their behavior, a new, landmark study–called “one of the most important papers to come out of Yellowstone in his 28 years with the park” by Doug Smith, one of the world’s leading wolf experts who led Yellowstone’s wolf reintroduction for many years–shows that when people kill wolves their pack becomes less stable and can disband and cease to exist.1

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Gray Wolf Population in Michigan Continues Trend of Stability, New Report Shows

From Nature World News:

The population of gray wolves in Michigan showed a good sign of a steady stability trend, according to the latest report and 2022 survey.

The 2022 survey aimed to determine the population of gray wolves in Michigan.

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When humans kill a single wolf, it can decimate an entire wolf pack

From the Star Tribune:

The wolf had been shot and killed by a poacher in the spring of 2022. She was the breeding female of the Tamarack Pack, followed by the …

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Gianforte orders new wolf management plan

From the Helena Independent Record:

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday ordered state wildlife officials to develop a new wolf management plan.

Officials completed environmental analysis on wolves in the early 2000s in anticipation of federal delisting, releasing the state’s management plan in 2002. Wolves were first delisted in 2009, only to be returned to federal protections the following year by a federal judge. In 2011, wolves were delisted by Congress, and have remained under state management, which has included hunting and trapping.

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Oregon OKs killing 2 wolves in new pack

From The Lewiston Tribune:

UNION, Ore. — Oregon officials approved Thursday the killing of two wolves in a new pack that they said have been attacking calves in the northeastern part of the state.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said it would allow the landowner or potentially USDA Wildlife Services to shoot the wolves on the private land where the attacks happened, east of Union.

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Canada: Wolves searching for food attack pet dogs in northern Ontario First Nation

From CBC.ca:

Wolves have roamed into the remote Attawapiskat First Nation, along northern Ontario’s James Bay coast, and attacked local dogs.

Jack Linklater Jr., Attawapiskat’s deputy chief, said community elders believe higher than normal snowfall in the region has driven wolves searching for food into the community during the last three weeks.

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Endangered Mexican wolf treks further north in New Mexico

From the Associated Press:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An endangered Mexican gray wolf has roamed beyond the species’ recovery area into the more northern reaches of New Mexico, reigniting a debate over whether the predators should be confined to a certain stretch of the southwestern U.S. as wildlife managers work to boost the population.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday that members of the recovery team have been tracking the lone female wolf and have notified ranchers in the area, although they say it’s not a threat to human health or public safety.

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Voyageurs Wolf Project gives unparalleled look into how wolves relate to their surroundings

From CBS Minnesota:

MINNEAPOLIS – Humans are learning more than they ever have about wolves and how they live, and it’s all thanks to a group of Minnesota scientists.

The Voyageurs Wolf Project, based in northern Minnesota, uses GPS tracking collars and trail cameras for an unparalleled look into how wolves relate to their surroundings.

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Here’s where Colorado’s reintroduced wolves are most likely to be released

From the Coloradoan:

The joke by state wildlife officials surrounding the contentious issue of where in Colorado wolves will be released is as much to ease tension among ranchers as it is based on fact: Where wolves are released is not where wolves will end up.

Reintroductions in the northern Rocky Mountains in the mid-1990s proved that, with wolves wandering an average of 50 miles from their release sites.

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Indian wolf found dead in Daund forest, officials suspect deadly canine disease

From The Times of India:

Pune: Forest authorities in Daund tehsil of of the district said on Monday they suspect that canine distemper likely caused the death of an Indian wolf that was found decomposed in the Hingnigada forest area.

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