From SmithsonianMag.com:
Two new ancient DNA studies suggest that domesticated dogs were widespread in western Eurasia more than 14,000 years ago.
From WildBeimWild.com:
Long-term herd protection monitoring shows that when wolf attacks occur despite herd protection measures, the wolf has usually found a weak point at some location. Only in the rarest cases has it learned to deliberately circumvent well-implemented protective measures.
From IndiaTimes.com:
The wilderness of India is often associated with tigers, elephants, and leopards, but very little is known about one of the most elusive predators of the Indian wilderness: the Indian wolf. Unlike its forest-living counterparts, this species of wolf flourishes in the open grasslands, scrublands, and semi-arid plains of India, which have traditionally been neglected when it comes to conservation efforts.
From CNN.com:
A wildlife park in southeast England has euthanized an entire wolf pack after the group’s dynamic broke down, leading to escalating conflict.
The pack of five wolves were put down after three of them sustained life-threatening injuries amid increasing violence, Wildwood Trust said in a statement shared with CNN Friday.
From Yahoo.com:
Wolves are shy and generally avoid humans – and yet Greece, India, Portugal and California have all seen wolf attacks of some sort in recent months.
Germany even recorded its first wolf attack on a human in decades in late March, when a woman was bitten in the face in a shopping centre in Hamburg, as the country’s wolf population steadily expands.
From DiscoverMagazine.com:
Learn how snow leopards, Himalayan wolves, and leopards share the same habitat in the Himalayas by hunting different prey, allowing multiple apex predators to coexist without direct competition.
From HunterNation.org:
Many people outside hunting see wolf management as a small policy issue. In Wisconsin, it is much bigger. It tests whether hunters, landowners, and rural families still have a real voice in wildlife decisions. Or if that power has shifted more to federal courts, endless lawsuits, vague agency rules, and activist campaigns from outside the state.
From WildBeimWild.com:
The wolf has returned to Switzerland, and with it a heated debate in which facts, emotions, and lobbying interests intertwine. While some politicians would prefer to return to widespread hunting, researchers and animal welfare organizations point to international obligations, functioning livestock protection models, and the wolf’s crucial ecological role.
From Daily Camera.com:
At least one wolf wandered into parts of southern Jefferson County and western Douglas County in the last month, according to the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife.
None of the wolves living in Colorado have approached urban areas or attempted to cross Interstate 25, the department said.
From CourthouseNews.com:
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) — A federal judge found in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tuesday in a suit over whether the government did enough to protect the red wolf population.
In an order for summary judgment, U.S. District Judge Richard Myers II confirmed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was not “arbitrary and capricious” in denying a petition to increase protections for critically endangered red wolves.
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