From World Animal News:
An anonymous donor has pledged a $2 million match to fund wildlife crossings across a North Carolina highway that’s especially deadly to critically endangered red wolves.
From Outdoor News:
Making scientific concepts and findings accessible to a general audience has long been a challenge for researchers. Most scientific journals have little readership outside academia, and the articles that appear in them are rarely written to be accessible to anyone outside a particular field of study.
The researchers involved with the Voyageurs Wolf Project in Minnesota have done far more than most in recent years to build broad public awareness of some of their novel findings about wolf behavior in and around Voyageurs National Park. And now they’re collaborating with the International Wolf Center and a graphic designer to present a new exhibit that provides a unique perspective on their ongoing studies.
From KXLH:
The oldest wolf in Yellowstone National Park, known as Wolf 907, gave birth to another litter of pups this spring.
“This 10th litter has just started to come out of the den,” said Kira Cassidy, a research associate with the Yellowstone Wolf Project.
The three pups are now about 4 weeks old and have started to crawl around. Wolf 907’s current den is visible from the roadway.
From the Center for Biological Diversity:
RALEIGH, N.C.— An anonymous donor has pledged a $2 million match to fund wildlife crossings across a North Carolina highway that’s especially deadly to critically endangered red wolves. The Center for Biological Diversity, Wildlands Network and coalition partners aim to raise $2 million in matching funds by August 1.
Vehicle strikes are the second-leading cause of mortality for red wolves.
“I’m grateful for this exciting and unprecedented opportunity to save red wolves from extinction and protect human lives,” said Will Harlan, southeast director at the Center. “Wildlife crossings along one of North Carolina’s most dangerous highways are crucial to protecting the world’s most endangered wolf.”
From Yahoo News:
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — While much of the country has relaxed rules on killing gray wolves, California will consider protecting the species after a lone wolf from Oregon raised hopes the animals would repopulate their historic habitat in the Golden State.
The California Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday postponed for three months a decision on whether to list the gray wolf as endangered. Commissioners heard impassioned arguments from environmentalists who want the wolves to again to roam the state and from cattle ranchers who fear for their herds.
From YLE:
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry wants to change the conditions regarding exceptional permits for shooting wolves and other large predators – and wants to do so quickly.
A draft bill was sent out for a fast-tracked comment round last Friday. The ministry, led by Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah (CD), is proposing changes in the law on exceptional hunting permits for large predators. Besides wolves, these include lynx, brown bears and wolverines.
From Bangor Daily News:
As anyone who spends any time in the Maine woods knows, our coyote populations are plentiful and thriving despite recreational and programmed efforts to control these highly efficient predators.
And interestingly, there were no coyotes in Maine at one time. But what about wolves in Maine?
Retired U.S Fish and Wildlife biologist Mark McCollough, a Hampden resident, was very close to this issue, having spent many hours professionally helping USFWS answer the question: Are there wolves in Maine today?
From WFDD:
Wyoming is home to hundreds of wolves. Most live near Yellowstone National Park, are protected and are a big draw for tourists. But elsewhere in the state, wolves are a reviled predator viewed as a threat to the livestock industry. In those places, killing wolves is legal. One man who did that recently is now under investigation after the animal’s death sparked outrage around the world. Caitlin Tan at Wyoming Public Radio reports.
From Steamboat Pilot & Today:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have confirmed a calf killed on a Jackson County ranch over the weekend was the result of a gray wolf attack.
Jackson County rancher Don Gittleson owned the calf that was killed by wolves — one of several incidents his family has reported to CPW in recent years.
“It was eaten up quite a bit, and judging by some of the stuff on the calf, I suspect the calf wasn’t completely dead when they were eating on it,” Gittleson said. “That has kind of been the case with most of them.”
From Euractiv:
Austrian diplomats will present a note pushing for quick adoption of the proposal to lower the protection status of wolves at a Council meeting on Monday (27 May) but EU countries are split on the issue, with a group of capitals calling for more data on the level of threat posed by the species.
Wolves are a strictly protected species in Europe, meaning they can only be killed under exceptional circumstances.
Last December the European Commission proposed to lower the level of their protection, mainly to preserve livestock and shelter farmers from the economic impact of wolves’ attacks.
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