From KREM2:
In a 5-4 vote, WDFW commission members voted to keep gray wolves as an endangered species instead of moving it to a sensitive classification.
From KREM2:
WDFW commission members will be in Spokane this weekend to hear from both the public and the local sheriffs’ offices about how to deal with the predatory animal.
From Denver7:
A cow and a calf were killed by a wolf or wolves on a Grand County ranch earlier this month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed.
The new depredations – added to CPW’s running list posted online by Monday – happened on Sept. 9, after the capture and relocation of the Copper Creek pack that had formed in Grand County.
The Copper Creek pack, the first to form since the voter-mandated reintroduction of wolves in Colorado last December, was believed to be responsible for a series of livestock depredations in the Middle Park area.
From Sky-Hi News:
The names of ranchers who request compensation for wolves killing their livestock may be blocked from public view if a recently proposed bill is approved by the Colorado legislature next year.
Under the bill, members of the public and media wouldn’t be able to see the ranchers’ names when requesting compensation records for wolf attacks, also known as depredations, through the Colorado Open Records Act.
“Many ranchers and livestock owners are hesitant to fill out depredation claims because they fear their personal information may be revealed to the public,” said Sen. Dylan Roberts, a Frisco Democrat who will be the prime sponsor of the bill.
From News Watch 12:
Oregon: Identifying Grey Wolf O-R1-6-7 as responsible for the death of a nine-month-old calf on private land at Rancheria on September 13th.
From The Guardian:
The grey wolf (Canis lupus) has generated fear and hatred. Seen as a danger to livestock and people, the once widespread predator was nearly completely eradicated from western Europe and most of the contiguous US in the 19th and 20th centuries. Pro- and anti-wolf groups now duel over how the species should be managed as populations have rebounded in places over the past few decades. American wildlife biologist Diane Boyd, 69, has spent 40 years studying the recovery of wild wolf populations in remote north-western Montana and Glacier national park.
From Down To Earth:
Over 300 civil society groups have called on the European Union (EU) to strengthen, rather than undermine, efforts to live with wolves.
The large coalition of civil society and animal welfare organisations called on EU Member States to reject the European Commission’s proposal to downgrade wolf protection under the Bern Convention.
From 9News:
GRANBY, Colo. — In emails obtained by 9NEWS Investigates, Colorado’s first gentleman Marlon Reis was in contact with a group that included the governor’s wildlife adviser. He wanted to meet to “craft legislation” related to wolves, and the adviser replied they would not meet without him.
From National Parks Traveler:
Legislation has been introduced to both chambers of Congress to provide permanent protection for wolves, grizzly bears, and bison and to expand recovery efforts for them.
Crafted by U.S. Rep. Rául Grijalva of Arizona and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, the Tribal Heritage and American Bison, Grizzly Bear, and Wolf Restoration and Coexistence Act introduced on Thursday would also “enhance existing tribal management authorities over these species by creating oversight committees that work in unison with tribes to identify tribal lands suitable for possible reintroduction efforts.”
From NDTV:
Bahraich (UP): The Forest Department in Bahraich is employing innovative tactics to capture an elusive wolf, which it believes is the sixth and last remaining of the pack that has instilled fear among locals with several attacks in the last few months.
The International Wolf Center uses science-based education to teach and inspire the world about wolves, their ecology, and the wolf-human relationship.