From Idaho Mountain Express:
A federal court ruling issued Tuesday, March 19, considerably shortened wolf trapping and snaring seasons in four of seven regions of Idaho over concerns that more grizzly bears could be maimed or killed by wolf snares.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale’s summary judgment last week came in response to a lawsuit initially filed by Hailey-based Western Watersheds Project and a dozen other conservation and animal welfare groups in December 2021.
From Boise State Public Radio:
Idaho will have to change its rules for wolf trapping to avoid harming federally-protected grizzly bears, according to a federal court decision.
The case was filed by 13 conservation groups after Idaho greatly expanded opportunities to hunt and trap wolves in 2021. The ruling, issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy W. Dale last week, said Idaho’s wolf trapping laws make it “reasonably likely” that a grizzly bear will get caught.
From Daily News Hungary:
There are relatively few wolves in Hungary, but this time, a hunter managed to film a wolf far from its usual habitat. On the morning of 23 March, a local sports hunter was confronted by a wolf at the edge of the forest near Ács, Kemma news site reported. The wolf was chasing first rabbits and then deer, while the presence of the hunter did not really bother him. The local sports hunter also took a video of the animal, but the encounter was so unbelievable that he had to convince himself that he was not dealing with a giant jackal.
From Aspen Public Radio:
A recent decision to reintroduce wolves has created division between rural and urban Coloradoans. But wolves have actually been there a while. A few years ago, a couple migrated down from Wyoming to settle in the mountain valley of North Park, southwest of Laramie. It’s given the ranchers there a headstart on adjusting to a new reality.
From East Idaho News:
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – A federal court ruling will cut back Idaho’s wolf trapping and snaring season in large swaths of the state in response to claims that grizzly bears, which are protected under the Endangered Species Act, could be killed or injured by trapping or snaring devices.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale issued the summary judgment Tuesday as part of a 2021 lawsuit filed by environmental activist groups over the Idaho Legislature’s expansion of trapping seasons.
From Euronews:
Hunters killed up to 40% of Estonia’s wolves this winter, a quota challenged in court. How far will Europeans tolerate the wolf in our landscapes?
Frost shimmers in the crown of a birch tree as dozens of men crawl out of cars, vans and jeeps. They hang guns on their backs and trudge through the snow, their breath whirling in the freezing air.
In scattered formation, the hunters surround a forest near Suursoo, 25 kilometres from Estonia’s capital Tallinn. It’s January, 20 degrees below zero – perfect weather for a wolf hunt.
From Coloradoan:
The clock is ticking on whether Colorado’s released wolves will breed and have pups this spring.
Wolf breeding season starts in mid-February, around Valentine’s Day, with pups born starting in mid-April.
At the March 13 Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said the GPS collars placed on the 10 wolves when they were released in Grand and Summit counties in late December will give them clues as to if or when the state might expect pups this spring.
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From Courthouse News Service:
A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that year-round wolf trapping and snaring must end in much of Idaho because the traps are likely to ensnare and harm grizzly bears protected by the Endangered Species Act.
Use Magistrate Judge Candy Dale’s decision will stop trapping and snaring in Idaho’s panhandle, Clearwater, Salmon and Upper Snake regions on both public and private lands between March 1 and Nov. 30, the grizzly bear’s non-denning season.
From AP News:
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents and schoolkids in Mexico City helped squads of police in a long-winded pursuit of a wolf loose in one of the city’s neighborhoods, authorities said.
Citizens and police officers chased the animal on foot and on motorbikes in the north-side neighborhood, before the medium-sized wolf finally was cornered “with the help of neighbors,” the city police department said late Monday.
From Cowboy State Daily:
Wyoming, Montana and Idaho have been killing too many wolves, so the predators need to go back on the endangered species list, according to coalition of environmental groups threatening to sue the federal government over it.
“The (U.S. Fish and Wildlife) Service’s finding seems to give the green light for states hostile to wolves to follow suit with Idaho, Montana and Wyoming’s aggressive killing regimes if they are eventually delisted and transferred to state management West-wide,” Kelly Nokes, an attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center representing the groups, said in a statement.
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