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.
From For the W!n:
A researcher who studies wolves in Yellowstone National Park has shared footage showing a young wolf fleeing from coyotes with its tail between its legs.
From ABC News:
SANTA FE, N.M. — An exceptionally restless female Mexican gray wolf nicknamed Asha will be held in captivity with a potential mate through another breeding season in hopes of aiding the recovery of the species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday.
Asha captivated the public imagination after she was found wandering far beyond the boundaries established along the Arizona-New Mexico border for managing the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America. She has twice been captured north of Interstate 40, most recently in December 2023 near Coyote, New Mexico, and the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
From Sky-Hi News:
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project’s Born To Be Wild license plate has raised $312,800 since it became available about six months ago. The funds go towards protecting livestock and wolves, according to a press release from the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project.
From The Aspen Times:
Colorado’s collared wolves largely remained in Routt, Grand, Summit, and Jackson counties and somewhat withdrew from some areas like Eagle County over the past month, according to a map released by CPW on Wednesday.
The map, posted on the agency’s website, uses Colorado watershed boundaries to indicate where wolves have been detected and reflects movements from June 25 through July 23. It is updated on the fourth Wednesday of every month. State officials have released the maps monthly since January after reintroducing 10 wolves in Grand and Summit counties in December.
From ASB Zeitung:
More than one and a half months after the first sighting of a wolf on Norderney, the Niedersaächsisches Wattenmeer National Park Administration assumes that the animal is still on the North Sea island. In early and mid-July, there were four more recordings of the wolf from wildlife cameras, as Thea Hamm, biologist with the National Park Administration in Wilhelmshaven, informed the German Press Agency on request. A cyclist has also reported a reliable observation, but without photographic evidence. The most recent confirmed sighting is from a wildlife camera on July 15. Although this sighting is already several days old, it is still assumed that the animal is still on the island.
From The Daily Cardinal:
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found in May 2024 the effects of wolf reintroduction on Isle Royale to be temporary and particularly impacted by human recreation, despite being one of the least visited National Parks.
Mauriel Rodriguez Curras and UW-Madison ecology professor Jonathan Pauli collected DNA from foxes’ and martens’ scat and hair to investigate spatial, dietary and behavioral habits before wolves were introduced, within the first year of introduction and as packs coalesced on the island.
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