Wolves Kill Two Women In Tajikistan After Villagers’ Hunting Rifles Confiscated

From Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty:

DUSHANBE — Wolves have killed two women in eastern Tajikistan, prompting complaints from residents that they have been unable to defend themselves against wolf attacks since local authorities confiscated their hunting rifles.

Umeda Yusupova, a spokeswoman for the Tajik government’s Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense, told RFE/RL that the deadly wolf attack took place in the early morning hours of March 7 in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region.

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Wolves kill flock of sheep in France

From FieldSportsChannel.tv:

French farmers blame wolf attacks for the deaths of a more than 50 sheep and goats in a single night. The attack took place in Avançon, in the Hautes-Alpes region of France. The following morning, the farmer affected reported eight ewes, 21 lambs and four kids killed, with 10 kids and 16 lambs missing.

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Wolf packs thriving in the mountains of Madrid

From MurciaToday.com:

Cattle farmers in Madrid reported almost 400 attacks on their animals last year.

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WILDLIFE OFFICIALS CONFIRM ROGUE PACK WOLVES RESPONSIBLE FOR PUPPY DEATH

From KDRV.com:

BOUNDARY BUTTE, Ore. — Wolves from Southern Oregon’s local pack are believed responsible for the death of a 16-week-old puppy on a rancher’s land last week, according to the latest wolf depredation from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).

On Friday morning, a livestock owner in the Boundary Butte area found one of his “mastiff-mix pups” dead near his home and reported it to ODFW. He said that he’d last seen the dog alive at midnight the same morning when his dogs began barking.

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Wolves on the rise in Belgium

From The Brussels Times:

After a sheep was found dead on Thursday morning in Limburg the Flemish Agency for Nature and Forests (ANB) has announced it will examine whether a wolf caused this death.
This is not the first incident suspected of involving a wolf in Belgium, with several sightings and incidents recorded since the start of the year.

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Why is Georgia Land of The Wolves?

From the Georgian Journal:

Georgia is described as Land of The Wolves on the map published by the Culture Trip. The Culture Trip is a start-up inspiring millions of people to explore the world’s culture and creativity.

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Africa’s rarest carnivores face threats from disease-carrying dogs

From Mother Nature Network:

A thick layer of frost blankets the landscape, creating a gauzy haze over the tans and pale greens of the Ethiopian Highlands. Amidst the frozen stillness, a rust-colored lump dusted in rime stirs. A black nose appears from beneath a thick tail, and two ears twitch atop an elegantly long head. At last, the wolf rises, arches its back in a long stretch, and shakes. Nearby, several other pack members rise as well, touching noses in greeting. Pups, just weeks old, emerge from a shallow den and begin playing, scrambling over rocks, tugging at each other’s tails. As the sky brightens, the adults trot off to patrol the edge of the group’s territory and begin the day’s hunt.

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‘It’s that black or white’: Wolves must die to save Canada’s caribou

From the Calgary Herald:

EDMONTON — An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the endangered species — kill more wolves and moose, and pen pregnant cows.

“It’s go hard or go home,” said Rob Serrouya, a University of Alberta biologist and lead author of the study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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British Columbia Interior hunting groups under fire for ‘wolf-whacking’ contests

From GlobalNews.ca:

Environmentalists are calling on the B.C. government to intervene after learning of at least three Interior hunting groups promoting contests for killing various predators.

An open letter signed by 47 members of pro-animal groups — as well as another letter from Bears Matter dated March 2 — has been sent to Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Doug Donaldson, demanding the end to all “wildlife-killing contests” across the province.

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Wolves Kill Two Women In Tajikistan After Villagers’ Hunting Rifles Confiscated

From RFERL.org:

DUSHANBE — Wolves have killed two women in eastern Tajikistan, prompting complaints from residents that they have been unable to defend themselves against wolf attacks since local authorities confiscated their hunting rifles.

Umeda Yusupova, a spokeswoman for the Tajik government’s Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense, told RFE/RL that the deadly wolf attack took place in the early morning hours of March 7 in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region.

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