From Rocky Mountain PBS:
What do rainbow trout, mountain goats and your neighbor with the Texas plates have in common? None of them are native to Colorado.
Coloradans’ frustration with “Texpats” is well-documented — even Governor Polis has jokingly poked fun at transplants — but less-discussed is the fact that many animal species are only in Colorado because human beings put them here.
From ActionNewsNow:
As California’s gray wolf population continues to grow, some Shasta County ranchers say they’re facing increasing challenges protecting their livestock and way of life.
From KEYT.com:
A sold-out presentation at the Lobero Theatre brought hundreds of people together to hear a conservation message centered on one of nature’s most misunderstood animals.
From Denver7.com:
Denver7 was invited to join a training for the Colorado Range Rider Program in Mesa County to see first-hand the many complex puzzles the riders must solve to protect livestock.
From Denver7.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is currently investigating the death of an uncollared wolf in northwest Colorado, according to a Friday release from the agency.
From CBS17:
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After hundreds of submissions were made, the names of five young red wolf pups born at the Museum of Life in Science in Durham have been officially announced.
Cane, Champ, Puck, Stormy and Whaler are the latest pack of red wolves that were born at the museum in early May.
From WyomingPublicMedia.org:
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department didn’t waver on its proposal to cut back on wolf hunting permits this fall. On Tuesday, the commission voted to slash permits to half of last year’s allotment.
From Cowboy State Daily:
The famed Mollie’s Pack was just “looking for food” when it left Yellowstone to den on the Shoshone National Forest, a biologist says. But in doing so, the wolves kicked off a tempest of controversy over whether they should be hunted.
From The European.eu:
The return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park changed the workings of an entire ecosystem. But according to Dr Tom Lonsdale, one possible regulatory mechanism has remained almost entirely overlooked: the predator’s mouth.
Studying this could reveal whether modern feeding habits are leaving pet dogs suffering years of preventable oral disease.
From Agroberichten Buitenland:
The return of the wolf (Canis lupus) to many regions of Europe is one of the greatest successes of modern nature conservation, but it also poses new challenges for societies. In recent years, wolves have also reappeared in the Netherlands, sparking discussions about human safety, livestock protection, and methods of managing large carnivore populations.
Does a growing wolf population automatically mean increasing conflict? Poland’s experience suggests that the answer is more complex.
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