From The Lewiston Tribune:
Idaho is on track to meet its wolf population goals within the next four or five years, according to the state’s fish and game department.
On Tuesday, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game announced its latest wolf population estimate and unveiled a new method for counting the controversial predators.
From aussiedlerbote.de:
The legal dispute over Bayern’s controversial Wolf Regulation may face another extension. After the state government suffered a humiliating defeat in court on July 18th due to a procedural error rendering the regulation invalid, they have now sent the regulation for approval. It seems the Wolf Regulation will continue in effect despite all content-related criticisms.
From The Nugget Newspaper:
With the addition of at least four pups, the Metolius wolves, a pair first identified in 2021, are now six in number, possibly more. Four sets of tracks have been observed by Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) wolf biologist Aaron Bott. The average litter size is five.
Bott has thus far been unable to capture the new arrivals on trail cameras. The den is believed to be on private land in a mosaic of public and private property.
From Steamboat Radio:
At least least more two sheep have been killed bv a wolf or wolves in Grand County.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirms that CPW staff conducted a field investigation and necropsy on Sunday morning, July 28. That investigation found injuries consistent with wolf depredation on two sheep (a lamb and an ewe). CPW tells Steamboat Radio News today that they think the depredation happened sometime late Saturday night (July 27), or early morning Sunday, (July 28).
From Yahoo News:
Permission may not be given to hunt wolves regionally when the species’ “conservation status at national level is unfavourable,” the top EU court found on Monday.
“That is true even in cases where the wolf does not enjoy strict protection in the region concerned,” a press release from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said to explain the ruling.
From The Sun Times News:
MDNR is trying to find out
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced the findings of its 2024 winter wolf population survey, which estimated a minimum of 762 wolves roaming the Upper Peninsula. This marks a significant increase from the 2022 estimate, further solidifying the region’s status as a stronghold for gray wolves.
From AZ Central:
ALPINE — Suspended from the side of a helicopter above the forest floor, Rick Langley aimed his gun at the ground, firing cracker shells to rouse his prey hidden among the trees.
Startled by the explosions, two Mexican gray wolves emerged, flashes of gray and brown running across the snow-covered terrain.
From Politico:
Another day, another court ruling that puts a thorn in Ursula von der Leyen’s side.
The EU’s top court in Luxembourg ruled on Monday that as wolves are a protected species, they “cannot be designated as a huntable species.” The judges said a regional law in Castile and León in northwestern Spain had violated EU environmental law because it allowed wolves to be hunted even though the species isn’t doing well in Spain.
From Columbia Basin Herald:
OLYMPIA — Gray wolves will remain on the endangered species list in Washington after a close 5-4 vote by the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission, according to a Washington Policy Center press release. Over the past 15 years, the gray wolf population has grown significantly, with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife counting at least 260 wolves in 42 packs.
From World Animal News:
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a funding bill that massively reduces budgets for the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s budget will be cut by 8.4% compared to last year’s funding, while the EPA’s budget will be reduced by 20%, reverting to funding levels not seen since 1998.
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