From Yahoo News:
The wolves of Yellowstone National Park are taking advantage of the off-season.
Footage captured by one of Yellowstone’s webcams on Thursday showed multiple wolves “putting on a show” around the park’s Geyser Hill area, the National Park Service wrote in a description of the video.
From The Gazette:
An animal found dead on an interstate near Davenport has been identified as a gray wolf.
The wolf was found by State Conservation Officer Brooks VanDerBeek last Monday. It was Iying in the median of I-80, near the interchange with I-280, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
From 9News:
MOFFAT COUNTY, Colo. — Two of Colorado’s released wolves have wandered dangerously close to Wyoming, where some of Colorado’s naturally migrating wolves have been legally shot just inside the Cowboy State border.
Despite the danger, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife official told the Coloradoan the agency will take no action to prevent the wolves from moving into Wyoming, where killing wolves is legal year-round along the border.
From The Japan Times:
It’s November 2020, and despite the ongoing pandemic, groups of enthusiastic amateur researchers are making their way through the National Museum of Nature and Science’s Tsukuba Research Departments as part of its annual opening to the public.
The event is a rare chance for people to take a tour of the sprawling Ibaraki Prefecture facility, which stores 99% of all specimens belonging to the museum.
From Methow Valley News:
Four conservation and animal protection groups plan to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) after it denied their petition to protect gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains under the Endangered Species Act.
Wolves in eastern Washington are considered part of the population of northern Rocky Mountain wolves, along with wolves in Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon and northern Utah. Wolves in these areas lost federal protections in 2011, and have been managed by the states.
From San Francisco Chronicle:
California wildlife authorities have officially named two gray wolf packs that were discovered in the state last summer.
In its quarterly report, published earlier this month, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the identification of the Beyem Seyo pack in Plumas County and the Harvey pack in Lassen County, both located in the northern part of the state.
From The Portugal News:
An Iberian wolf has been photographed next to a road in the centre of the village of Paredes de Coura.
According to a report by O Minho, the photo was shared on Facebook and its author states that the animal “wanted to cross Avenida de Cenon”.
From iFAW:
(Thessaloniki, 22 February 2024) – Two Eurasian wolves have arrived safely at a sanctuary in Northern Greece after being evacuated from war-torn Ukraine.
Dora and Venera, two female wolves, were cared for at Wild Animal Rescue centre near Kyiv since April and November 2023 respectively. While there, permanent homes were secured for them at the Arcturos Environmental Centre and Bear Sanctuary in Greece with IFAW on hand to carry out part of the rescue from Ukraine.
From News Nation:
DENVER (KDVR) — With applications for big game hunting licenses opening in March, there are plenty of rules to follow. Among those are the hefty consequences that come from killing a gray wolf.
Gray wolves were reintroduced into the state as an attempt to rebuild Colorado’s wolf population. Even after public pushback, there have been at least 10 wolves released so far.
From Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife:
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is proposing to reclassify the gray wolf in the state of Washington. If adopted, the gray wolf would move from Endangered status under WAC 220-610-010 to Sensitive status under WAC 220-200-100, reflecting the significant progress toward recovery that Washington’s wolf population has made since the original state listing in 1980.
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