From Redding.com:
As California’s gray wolf population increases, the number of depredations on cattle is going up in the state’s rural corners.
Wolves were responsible for at least 19 cattle deaths statewide between October and December 2024, according to the state’s quarterly wolf report, released Tuesday, March 4. Almost all those confirmed wolf depredation incidents happened in the far north, mostly in rural Siskiyou and Lassen counties.
From Forbes.com:
In the wild, wolves hunt with a precision that is both brutal and beautiful. They don’t rely on sheer strength alone. Instead, they work as a team, communicating silently, reading each other’s moves and attacking in perfect coordination.
Their strategy isn’t just about the kill—it’s about control, deception and overwhelming their prey before it even knows what’s happening.
This deadly efficiency wasn’t lost on military minds. In World War II, Admiral Karl Dönitz of Nazi Germany took a page straight out of nature’s playbook. He applied the same tactics wolves used in the forests to the deep, open waters of the Atlantic.
From MilwaukeeJournalSentinel:
RHINELANDER – A recent one, two punch of snowfalls laid a carpet of white in the Oneida County forest. Scenic, yes. Seasonal, too.
But for Steve Meurett of Neillsville, it was all about the canvas. It’s just about perfect,” Meurett said as he slowly steered his pickup truck down a forest road outside Rhinelander. The second snowfall deposited 3/4 of an inch on top of the 6-inch base. And it did it 36 hours ago.
Meurett, a member of the Timber Wolf Information Network, looked intently out his side window as he drove.
From ChicagoTribune.com:
For three days in 2019, the howls of gray wolf Zeus at Big Run Wolf Ranch in Lockport echoed for miles as he mourned his mate Chenoa, who died from a gastric condition.
“It gives me chills every time we talk about it,” recalled Rainah Runty, the ranch manager, on a quiet weekday afternoon as gray wolves gnawed on beef bones and rubbed their snouts on the fresh snow. She rubbed the goosebumps prickling her arms. “You could literally hear the sadness in his voice. It was absolutely heartbreaking, and I think it just goes to show how much of a family unit wolves are.”
MyUPNow.com:
State Reps. Karl Bohnak (R-Deerton) and Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) are co-sponsoring a bill that would have big implications for wolf population management in the U.P.
It’s no secret that the Upper Peninsula would be the most affected by this due to it holding the vast majority of Michigan’s wolf population. That’s why Rep. Parker Fairbairn’s (R-Harbor Springs) piece of legislation introduced on Tuesday, March 4 specifically calls out the U.P. in an announcement of the bill.
From YourAlaskaLink.com:
Wolves became less protected in most of Europe on Friday as new conservation regulations came into force, except in three countries that objected to the move including the United Kingdom, the Council of Europe said.
The move allows hunting to resume under strict regulation, which activists fear could result in a large number of wolves being shot dead.
Activists have said the measure will upset the recovery made by the species over the past 10 years after near extinction a century ago, but farmers say their growing numbers are a threat to their livestock.
From Wildlife.org:
There shouldn’t be any trees on Ellesmere Island. As the northernmost island of Canada, even the south coast lies hundreds of miles north of the tree line. So, as Morgan Anderson and her colleagues trekked through the mountainous landscape on a mission to learn more about Canada’s northernmost wolf packs, she was surprised to encounter tree stumps. That is, until she realized that they were petrified remains dating back to a warmer time of the Earth when Ellesmere didn’t sit so far north.
From WPR.org:
The state Senate’s sporting heritage committee is weighing whether to approve, deny or request changes to wolf harvest regulations developed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
The Natural Resources Board approved a rule on wolf harvest regulations when it signed off on a new wolf management plan in October 2023. Gov. Tony Evers approved the rule, but Republican lawmakers on the committee last year requested changes that are now being addressed.
From WPR.org:
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — On Feb. 28, Governor Mark Gordon signed HB0275 – Treatment of animals into law, which prohibits the torture and possession of wildlife.
House Bill 275 states that it is against the law if a person “knowingly, and with intent to cause undue suffering, tortures, torments or mutilates living wildlife, including predatory animals and predacious birds, after reducing the living wildlife to possession.”
From SummitDaily.com:
A coalition working since at least 2023 to stop wolf reintroduction in Colorado has a new map they say proves the state is a terrible place for wolves. But Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the map is full of inaccuracies and a biologist who’s been involved in wolf reintroduction since its inception calls it “useless and grossly misleading.”
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