From NuggetNews.com:
Last week’s news that Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) staff responded to the report of the death of an adult male gray wolf, set off an outpouring of grief among wildlife advocates.
From NPCA.org:
Today, House members considered two pieces of legislation that would dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and remove federal protections for gray wolves in 48 states.
The National Parks Conservation Association issued a letter to Hill leadership, strongly opposing the legislation and its severe threats to wildlife and plants.
National polling conducted in 2023 found that more than 4 in 5 Americans (86%) (including 87% of Democrats, and 84% of Republicans) support federal agency efforts to continue recovery of threatened and endangered species.
From CPR.org:
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bill to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act faced its first subcommittee hearing Thursday.
But before she talked about her bill, Boebert started with an aside, showing photos of human babies she said were born in Washington, D.C., with what looked like birth defects. Boebert, a staunch anti-abortion supporter, then asked if her Democratic colleagues would want to put babies on the Endangered Species Act. After that, Boebert turned to the gray wolf, saying it’s, “an Endangered Species Act success story, and it shouldn’t languish,” on the ESA any longer.
From MiningGazette.com:
ESCANABA — Following years of flip-flopping by both the state and federal governments on the animals’ protection status, “wolves are at a crossroads in Michigan,” said wildlife biologist Brian Roell, the large carnivore specialist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources at a recent presentation at Bay College in Escanaba.
Given the presence of wolves, whether they should be hunted has long been a controversial topic. Roell said that both sides of the debate — people who want to protect wolves and people who want hunting allowed — have been guilty of using falsehoods to push their arguments.
From Nature.com:
Species that rely on dens are integral to sustaining ecosystem balance, and gaining insight into their den selection patterns is essential for successful conservation efforts. The Indian Gray Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) faces significant challenges in finding safe denning sites amidst India’s human-dominated landscapes.
The survival of this species depends heavily on its ability to coexist with humans. As one of the oldest wolf lineages, they have evolved separately and adapted to the semi-arid landscapes of India.
From HumaneWorld.org:
BRUSSELS—Humane World for Animals Europe (formerly called Humane Society International/Europe) warns that a new proposal to downgrade the protected status of wolves could open the floodgates to more serious attacks on EU nature laws.
In the wake of the December 2024 decision of the Bern Convention to lower the protected status of wolves, the European Commission yesterday put forward a proposal to amend the Annexes IV and V of the EU Habitats Directive to downgrade the protection status of wolves under EU law.
From MountainJournal.org:
January 2025 marked the 30th anniversary of wolves getting reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. On January 31, congressional representatives Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Tom Tiffany (R-WI) and introduced their “Pet and Livestock Protection Act.”
It would abolish Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado and Michigan, among other states.
“Protective listings,” wrote Boebert, are the work of “leftists [who] cower to radical environmentalists.”
From SteamboatRadio.com:
A Jackson County producer has shared pictures with Steamboat Radio News of a wolf in the corrals on the rancher’s property, “about 40 yards from my front door.” The pictures are from 11:27 p.m. Sunday, March 23.
The rancher has asked to remain anonymous, and adds that Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been keeping the rancher informed, “really informed,” of when wolves are on or near the property adding that those notices have been coming repeatedly in the past week.
From SummitDaily.com:
On Friday, March 21, Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy filed the final ballot language for a measure to end the reintroduction of wolves by 2026. The initiative will now begin the process of finalizing the ballot title before it begins collecting signatures.
To get on the November 2026 ballot, the initiative will need to obtain 124,238 valid signatures.
From AlaskaBeacon.com:
Alaska officials are seeking emergency authorization to keep killing bears and wolves in a region in the western part of the state even though a judge ruled a week ago that the state predator control program there was unconstitutional.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Friday petitioned the state Board of Game for an emergency regulation allowing the “intensive management” program to continue for a third year in the range of the ailing Mulchatna Caribou Herd.
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