Colorado’s first gentleman disappears from social media following heated wolf debate

From Post Independent:

Marlon Reis, Colorado’s first gentleman, has deleted his Instagram and Facebook accounts after getting into a debate with several ranchers on a now-missing Facebook post.

He is described as “a freelance writer, an animal welfare advocate, a father, and the first First Gentleman of Colorado” on the governor’s website. During his time as Colorado’s first gentleman, Reis has often used his platform to advocate for wildlife and environmental issues.

“The First Gentleman views social media as a tool for celebrating animals and sharing the many ways in which the Polis Administration is pro-actively working to protect them,” stated Shelby Wieman, press secretary for the governor’s office.

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Indian authorities capture one in pack of killer wolves

From VOA News:

Authorities in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state Thursday said they captured one of what is believed to be a pack of wolves that have killed at least seven people in recent weeks, including six children, in the state’s Bahraich district.

In a video provided by the state forestry department, a small wolf can be seen in a cage as people gathered around it. Officials said the wolf was later tranquilized and taken to a local zoo.

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Wolf expert says Colorado’s plan to capture and relocate wolves should not be considered nonlethal

From 9News:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are attempting to do something two wolf experts say could be without precedent: Relocating wolves twice within nine months.
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Wolf wanders into Rocky Mountain National Park for first confirmed time in park history

From Colorad0an:

For the first time in Rocky Mountain National Park history, a wolf has been confirmed in its boundaries.

The latest Colorado wolf activity map indicates a released wolf was in the park between July 23 and Aug. 25, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced on its map page Wednesday.

“A collared gray wolf reintroduced in December spent some time inside the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park,” the state wildlife agency’s update read.

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Montana wolf trapping case headed to trial amid dispute over grizzly bear threat

From Courthouse News Service:

(CN) —  After his order limiting wolf trapping and snaring in Montana’s grizzly bear territory survived the scrutiny of a Ninth Circuit panel this past April, Chief U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy denied conservation groups’ motion for summary judgment in the case.

Molloy, a Bill Clinton appointee, wrote in a 30-page order that there are still material questions of fact in the case that are best answered at a bench trial, which is scheduled to begin Dec. 2.

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Colorado’s new wolf pack — including pups — to be captured and relocated after livestock depredations

From The Denver Post:

Colorado wildlife officials are relocating two reintroduced wolves and their pups after a series of livestock depredations — a setback for the historic and controversial reintroduction program launched late last year.

The pack of wolves, called the Copper Creek pack, will be captured from the wild in Grand County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Tuesday night. The agency did not disclose where the pack will be moved to, citing the need to protect the wolves and CPW staff.

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Traveling Wolf Center Coming to the Hanson Nature Center

From KIOW:

The Friends of Winnebago County Conservation Foundation, in conjunction with the Winnebago
County Conservation Board, will be hosting a traveling exhibit at the Hanson Nature Center during the month of September. The exhibit is entitled, “Wolves and Wild Lands” and comes from the International Wolf Center in Ely, MN. The display will be open to the public throughout the month.

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ODFW extends wolf removal permits near Lostine after continued attacks

From Elk Horn Media Group:

WALLOWA COUNTY — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) has extended limited duration permits for livestock producers near Lostine, allowing them to continue efforts to remove a chronically depredating wolf until August 31. The permits, which were originally set to expire on July 31, have been extended due to ongoing depredation issues in the area.

The permits were initially issued following multiple wolf attacks on livestock in the southern portion of the Sled Springs Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) and the northern portion of the Minam WMU. Since May, local producers have reported three confirmed depredations and two probable attacks on their livestock, which led ODFW to authorize the removal of two wolves from the area.

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Conflict around gray wolves has become so hostile, the U.S. hired a mediator

From WSGW News radio:

When Francine Madden heard about a Wyoming man who killed a gray wolf after injuring it with his snowmobile and showing it off at his local bar, she was disturbed, but not very surprised.

She’s seen a lot during her almost three decades working as a mediator for wildlife conflict. She’s resolved disputes over gorillas in Uganda and tigers in Bhutan, but for 50-odd years, the management of gray wolves has been an intractable American problem.

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Can Colorado’s ag producers, wolves find a way to coexist?

From The Aspen Times:

As Colorado’s reintroduced wolves continue to explore the state, officials are grappling with how to balance supporting and managing wolves with maintaining the health of its agricultural industry.

“This is not biologically complex. This is socially and politically complex for us to do,” said Jeff Davis, director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, at the Thursday, Aug. 22, commissioner meeting. “Wolves come with historical context and conflict. I would just say, the more we’re able to really listen to understand one another and the more we’re able to increase cooperation with one another — at least (Colorado Parks and Wildlife) and (Colorado Department of Agriculture) — I think we’ll all be better off in the long run.”

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