Wisconsin duck hunter kills Oneida County wolf in self defense

From Outdoor News:

Chase Melton, a 19-year-old duck hunter from Sugar Camp, Wis., shot and killed a gray wolf on Saturday, Sept. 21, in Oneida County when one of several wolves that surrounded him and two younger cousins lunged at their duck blind.

For this article, Wisconsin Outdoor News was able to interview an older hunter who was set up near Melton and his cousins. Jim Lund, of St. Germain, witnessed the entire episode that unfolded while hunting a tributary of the Rainbow Flowage in Oneida County between the towns of Sugar Camp and St. Germain.

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Wyoming moves ahead with slight change to law allowing wolves to be killed with vehicles

From ABC News:

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — People outraged by how a man ran down a wolf with a snowmobile, taped the injured animal’s mouth shut and brought it into a bar last winter failed to persuade Wyoming lawmakers on Monday to outlaw killing predators with vehicles as ranching industry representatives stood by the practice as a useful way to keep predator numbers in check.

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Can the Bahraich episode change the conservation narrative for wolves in India?

From Down To Earth:

The recent spate of tragic incidents in Bahraich, where wolves reportedly considered children as potential prey and killed some of them, has thrust the species into the spotlight in a way that conservationists in India could not have anticipated. The narrative around wolves, which has long been overshadowed by more charismatic predators like tigers, lions, leopards, and now the reintroduced cheetah, is finally gaining widespread attention, albeit through a negative lens. While this surge in interest is rooted in fear and hostility, it presents a rare and critical opportunity to reshape the conversation around wolf conservation in India.

Wolves, bears and cougars under scrutiny as agricultural leaders argue for more regulations

From KHQ:

SPOKANE, Wash. –  The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission held a three day meeting in Spokane from Thursday to Saturday and discussed how to regulate the state’s predatory wildlife populations.

Stevens County Sheriff Brad Manke expressed concern that wolves and cougars are hurting eastern Washington’s economy by killing off livestock.

“Wolves have saturated Northeast and Southeast Washington, Cougars have saturated an even larger area than this, and bear numbers are higher than they’ve been in years,” Manke said.

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‘What’s going on is a calamity:’ Ranchers, lawmakers question Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s recent decisions on wolves

From Post Independent:

Colorado ranchers and lawmakers have questioned how Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are making decisions about wolves since the animals were reintroduced to the state starting in December.

Concerns have peaked in recent months, however, as wildlife officials have gone outside of recommendations in the Wolf Restoration and Management Plan, and have raised questions about whether Gov. Jared Polis is calling the shots on wolves.

Sen. Dylan Roberts — who represents Senate District 8, which has been the epicenter of Colorado’s reintroduction efforts — asked Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis how decisions were being made during a Sept. 18 Senate Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee hearing.

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The wolf will continue to be protected in Spain despite the offensive in the EU to hunt it

From Lavanguardia:

Wolf protection will continue to be safeguarded in Spain, despite the offensive unleashed in the EU, promoted by the right, to open the door to the capture of this animal through population controls. Sources from the State Secretariat for the Environment, led by Hugo Morán, have pointed out that the initial steps taken by the Twenty-Seven to reduce this protection “do not have any immediate and direct consequences on our species regulation.”

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Even After Pack Removed, Wolves Killing Colorado Cattle, More Coming From Canada

From Cowboy State Daily:

Colorado’s wolf woes continue with a rancher’s cow and calf confirmed killed in the same area a pack of wolves had been trapped and removed for killing cattle.

Meanwhile, another wolf was found dead of undetermined causes.

As some in Wyoming’s neighbor to the south lobby to end that state’s wolf reintroduction program, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has announced that up to 15 more wolves could be bound for Colorado from British Columbia, Canada.

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Colorado’s wolves are still moving throughout the state, depredating livestock

From KDVR Fox 31:

DENVER (KDVR) — After an eventful month for Colorado’s voter-mandated gray wolf reintroduction program, Colorado Parks and Wildlife released a map showing watershed locations of the six collared gray wolves that have not been recaptured or killed.

According to the new map, which shows the six wolves’ movement provided by GPS collars on the reintroduced mammals, wolves were not tracked in a large swath of Routt County surrounding Steamboat Springs.

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No producers show for first Non-Lethal Wolf Conflict Reduction Training Meeting

From Steamboat Radio:

The Colorado Department of Agriculture is hosting two meetings a month, primarily with agriculture producers, to answer questions they may have regarding how to handle encounters with wolves. It’s a collaborative effort with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the CSU Extension Office, and Wildlife Services.

There is a meeting today (Friday, Sept. 27) in Grand County.

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Federal wildlife regulators investigating 3 wolf killings in Wisconsin

From Wisconsin Radio:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating three reported wolf killings in Wisconsin that have occurred within the last year, according to state wildlife regulators.

The most recent incident involved a young man who shot and killed a gray wolf in northern Wisconsin on Saturday.

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