Decision on citizen petition to halt wolf introductions is still pending as CPW staff work on a recommendation

From: Post Independent

 

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is asking for patience as it reviews a petition submitted by 26 groups asking the state to pause its next release of wolves.

In October, this group of rancher organizations petitioned Colorado Parks and Wildlife, asking the agency’s commission to stop reintroduction efforts for gray wolves until more tools are fully implemented to reduce conflict with livestock.

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Africa’s Most Endangered Carnivore Has Been Around For Over 1 Million Years

From: MSN

Africa is home to a rich array of carnivorous animals, from ferocious felids like lions and cheetahs to smaller creatures like foxes and mongoose. However, many such predators are also some of the continent’s most endangered – perhaps none more so than the highland-dwelling Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis).

 

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$100K Reward Offered For Information On Mexican Gray Wolf Found Dead In Arizona

From: World Animal News.com

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arizona Game and Fish Department have confirmed the tragic death of Hope, a Mexican gray wolf (F2979) who had been living west of Flagstaff, Arizona, since June. Hope was found dead on November 7th near Forest Service Road 2058 and East Spring Valley Road.

 

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A clever wolf repeatedly snuck into a Minnesota ranch. Biologists figured out its MO.

From startribune.com:

ORR, Minn. — Nothing seemed to stop Wolf 04D.

The wildlife biologists thought they had ended a decades-long struggle between rancher and wolf when they built a 7.5-mile fence in the heart of Minnesota’s wolf territory. Even the rancher, Wes Johnson, had high hopes when he came across a wounded deer on his land and saw that the wolves chasing the deer could not find a way around the fence.

Maybe they were gone for good, he thought.

But only a few weeks after the fence was finished, Thomas Gable of the Voyageurs Wolf Project figured out that Wolf 04D had slipped through a gap near the front gate. He plugged the gap.

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Gray Wolves Found in Lassen Volcanic National Park for the First Time

From activenorcal.com:

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has reported the presence of a new gray wolf pack within Lassen Volcanic National Park, marking a significant milestone for the park and the state’s wolf population.

The unnamed wolf pack is believed to consist of a breeding pair and at least one, possibly two, offspring. This new pack likely originates from dispersing members of the Lassen Pack, California’s most established gray wolf population, which resides in Lassen County—not Lassen Volcanic National Park. While some have assumed the Lassen Pack lived within the park, this is the first confirmed wolf activity in the park itself.

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Cantons have killed 39 wolves so far this fall

From bluewin.ch:

According to the latest wolf map published by the Foundation for Predator Ecology and Wildlife Management (Kora), there are currently 35 wolf packs living in Switzerland with a parent pair and at least one pup. Nine of these packs move between Switzerland and neighboring countries.

The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has authorized the cantons to completely eliminate eight packs. An application from the canton of Valais for the complete “removal” of another pack is still pending. 13 packs may be decimated, which means that a certain number of newborn pups have been released for shooting.

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Caring for Red Wolves, an iconic American species

From thesubtimes.com:

Beep. Beep. Beep. The heart monitor and other monitoring devices hum as veterinary professionals work in rhythm caring for their VIPs — very important patients, that is.

On the exam table in the veterinary clinic lies Terra, who is under anesthesia. The 8-year-old American Red Wolf has inflammatory bowel disease or IBD, a disease that’s common in people, pets and Red Wolves. The veterinary team has been researching IBD in Red Wolves for many years and is continually investigating innovative ways to treat it.

The team, led by Point Defiance Zoo’s Head Veterinarian Dr. Karen Wolf (yes, that’s her real name), is doing annual exams on 10 wolves over three days. The wolves live at the Tacoma zoo’s off-site breeding facility in Eatonville, Washington. Each exam averages about two hours.

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Decision on citizen petition to halt wolf introductions is still pending as CPW staff work on a recommendation

From Vail Daily:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is asking for patience as it reviews a petition submitted by 26 groups asking the state to pause its next release of wolves.

In October, this group of rancher organizations petitioned Colorado Parks and Wildlife, asking the agency’s commission to stop reintroduction efforts for gray wolves until more tools are fully implemented to reduce conflict with livestock.

“You are not required to introduce wolves at a certain pace, you were only required to introduce wolves by Dec. 31, 2023. You have done that,” said Tim Ritschard, president of the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association, one of the 26 organizations listed on the petition. “Now your mandate is to adaptively manage wolves. This means you should be willing to change your approach to address issues as they arise.”

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Environmentalists concerned after protected Mexican wolf dies in Arizona

From APNews:

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federally protected female Mexican wolf was found dead in an area near the northern Arizona city of Flagstaff, alarming environmentalists who worry someone may have deliberately killed the animal.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arizona Game and Fish Department announced in a joint statement Friday that the animal known to biologists as Mexican wolf F2979 was found dead on Nov. 7. It was located outside the boundaries established along the Arizona-New Mexico border for managing the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America.

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Rio Blanco County won’t see wolves in next release as CPW commissioners petitioned to pause reintroduction

From The Colorado Sun:

Two days after announcing it chose four counties for the next wave of wolf reintroduction set to begin in December, Colorado Parks and Wildlife pulled Rio Blanco County from the list, citing the high number of sheep in the area, along with concerns about winter elk habitat and proximity to the Utah and Wyoming borders.

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