From Mongabay.com:
In Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, fear has gripped villages after a series of suspected wolf attacks left six people dead and several others injured. Experts, however, question whether wolves are truly behind the attacks, pointing instead to shrinking habitats, seasonal floods, and the growing presence of feral dogs or hybrids as possible causes.
Wildlife biologists call for genetic testing and research-based investigations, stressing that fear and misinformation are deepening human-animal conflict in a landscape where wolves have long coexisted with people.
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As wolf attacks rise, villagers and scientists hunt for answers [Bahraich, India]
From Mongabay.com:
In Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, fear has gripped villages after a series of suspected wolf attacks left six people dead and several others injured. Experts, however, question whether wolves are truly behind the attacks, pointing instead to shrinking habitats, seasonal floods, and the growing presence of feral dogs or hybrids as possible causes.
Wildlife biologists call for genetic testing and research-based investigations, stressing that fear and misinformation are deepening human-animal conflict in a landscape where wolves have long coexisted with people.
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Feds Say They Won’t Craft a Nationwide Wolf Recovery Plan, Opening the Door to Delisting
From OutdoorLife.com:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday it would no longer write a national wolf recovery plan because gray wolves no longer need endangered or threatened species protections under the Endangered Species Act.
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What happens to ecosystems when you restore iconic top predators? It’s more complicated than you might think.
From UCSC.edu:
A new study analyzes findings from more than 170 papers to clarify what we know so far about the ecological impacts of large carnivore recovery in North America and what mysteries still remain.
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Colorado wants wolves from Washington state for its next round of reintroductions
From CPR.org:
Colorado is back on the wolf market — and it’s looking to Washington state to supply the carnivores for its next round of reintroductions, planned for this winter.
Gov. Jared Polis recently spoke to Washington Gov. Bob Furguson about obtaining wolves, according to Staci Lehman, a spokesperson with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The state’s wildlife commission plans to hold an initial discussion about the possibility at its next scheduled meetings on Nov. 13-15, Lehman said.
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Congress to consider removing protections for wolves, grizzly bears. What do Americans think?
From Yahoo.com:
Congress is considering three separate bills that would delist grizzly bears and gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act.
Two are stand-alone pieces of legislation to delist the predators and remove protections — one for wolves and the other for grizzlies — that are working their way through both the House and Senate. The other is a Department of the Interior funding bill in the House that includes riders that would delist bears and wolves.
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Government reviews protection of the Iberian wolf and updates compensation for attacks
From PortugalPulse.com:
“We have updated and changed the compensation rules for livestock producers affected, who are at the forefront of supporting a collective decision to protect this rare animal, the Iberian wolf,” stated António Leitão Amaro at a press conference following the weekly Council of Ministers meeting.
The official noted that in certain areas of the country, such as the Trás-os-Montes region, “attacks by the Iberian wolf on livestock and farming productions have been increasing.”
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Three wolf pups are born in Catalonia for the first time in 100 years
From en.ara.cat:
Barcelona – A century later, a wolf has been born again in Catalonia. This “historic milestone” was announced Wednesday by the Catalan Interior Ministry through its Rural Agents Corps. Three pups have been confirmed in a large area between Alta Garrotxa and Alt Empordà. The discovery comes after decades of monitoring the species, which had disappeared from the region. until a quarter of a century agoThen, the return of an isolated wolf was detected in the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park.
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Washington judge restores killing wolf as an option
From CapitalPress.com:
A King County judge has ruled the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife can go ahead and lethally remove a wolf in a pack attacking cattle in northeast Washington. Superior Court Judge Suzanne Parisien declined Oct. 31 to grant a preliminary injunction sought by Washington Wildlife First, Predator Defense and the Kettle Range Conservation Group.
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Raleigh [North Carolina] Civic Symphony to highlight red wolf conservation
From CoastalReview.org:
A musical performance by the Raleigh Civic Symphony set for this weekend will share what organizers call a musical vision of conservation for the American red wolf and other threatened species. Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd’s “Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals and other works focused on our relationship to the natural world” is at 4 p.m. Sunday in the North Carolina State University’s Stewart Theatre at 2610 Cates Ave. in Raleigh.
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A tale of geckos and wolves: How Avery Tilley weaves his heritage into science
From Research.UGA.edu:
When Avery Tilley was pursuing his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University, he worked on a gray wolf research project tied to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) in northeastern Minnesota.
In addition to collaring wolves to track their movements, Tilley assessed their health through blood samples and other veterinary treatments. Most research teams simply gave the wolves identifying numbers before release to aid tracking, but Tilley and his group used an alternate identification method: Ojibwe names.
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