With celebrity status, Asha helps spread awareness of Mexican wolf program

From Sant Fe New Mexican:’

SOCORRO COUNTY — Asha and her mate were not pleased when they saw Melissa Kreutzian coming their way on a recent Thursday morning.

It didn’t matter that Kreutzian was heaving giant, sausage-shaped tubes of food into their enclosure, or that she’d be spending the next quarter of an hour providing them with fresh water.

It didn’t matter that Kreutzian’s entire job is to make sure the pair of Mexican wolves — and their relatives who live in cages nearby in the rocky, scrubby hills of the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility — survive and, with a little luck, procreate.

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Guardians of the Flock: Wolves may be villains in Bahraich, but are sacred beings for Koppal’s Kuruba shepherds

From Down to Earth:

The Indian grey wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) has been in the news this year for all the wrong reasons. Ten deaths—those of nine children and one woman —have been presumed to have occurred due to wolf attacks in Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh. Wolf conservationists and experts have raised concerns about the resulting feverish and sensational media coverage.

However, hundreds of kilometres from Bahraich, in the rugged landscapes of central Karnataka, a unique relationship has flourished between local shepherds and an unlikely ally—wolves.

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Yellowstone sees rebirth of wolves along ancient Native American trails

From The Spokesman Review:

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – In 1877, five years after Yellowstone became the nation’s first national park, an unlikely band of visitors showed up at its western border.

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CPW details plan for second round of gray wolf reintroductions

From Denver7:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Thursday detailed its plan to trap and transport gray wolves from Canada for its second round of reintroductions.

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Charges: Hinckley man bragged about illegally hunting deer, bear, protected gray wolf

From Bring Me the News:

A Hinckley man is facing charges that accuse him of illegally hunting multiple animals, including the protected gray wolf, and then bragging about it online.

Brady Tyler Harth, 30, was charged with three gross misdemeanors and two misdemeanors related to illegal hunting in Pine County District Court last week.

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Uncollared Wolf Spotted In Colorado May Have Come From Wyoming

From Cowboy State Daily:

An uncollared wolf spotted in northern Colorado has sparked controversy. Wildife officials say it’s lone pup from a pack they trapped, but others think it’s an adult from Wyoming.

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Grisons hunters shoot wolves on the high hunt for the first time

From Blue News:

Grisons hunters shot two wolves during the three-week high hunt in September. It was the first time that hunters were involved in the traditional hunt to regulate wolf packs.

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Wyoming’s ‘wolf bill’ advances with higher penalties for prolonged suffering of predators

From Wyoming Public Radio:

Wyoming lawmakers officially advanced a bill that attempts to prevent a repeat of the inhumane treatment of a wolf in Sublette County earlier this year. But they didn’t choose to outlaw what many consider a key part of the incident: running a wolf over with a snowmobile.

The Wyoming Legislature’s Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources committee met Sept. 30. Before them was draft language that would change Wyoming’s predator laws. It was originally crafted over the summer by a group of stakeholders on the ‘Treatment of Predators Working Group.’

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WDFW Considering Next Move as Wolf Attacks Continue in NE Washington

From 560KPU:

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is considering the lethal removal of at least one wolf from the Onion Creek pack in NE Washington.

About two weeks ago, WDFW used lethal means to remove a yearling female and an adult male from the Onion Creek pack territory on September 19th following a series of livestock depredations.

On Monday, another calf was found dead in the Onion pack pack territory with evidence pointing to another wolf depredation.

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Petition to halt wolf reintroduction signed by 26 Colorado ranchers

From KKCO 11 News:

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) – The plan to reintroduce more wolves into Colorado has drawn opinions from both sides of the argument. In the minds of ranchers, more wolves introduced might equal more cattle lost, and ranchers closer to home in mesa county are concerned that while no cattle deaths have happened in mesa county, if certain measures aren’t taken, it’s only a matter of time before it does.

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