From Mongabay.com:
In the foothills of the western Alps in southeastern France, horned alpine ibex roam the limestone cliffs of a smaller mountain range known as the Dauphiné Alps, a region once home to thriving populations of wild horses, bison, roe deer, gray wolves, Eurasian lynx, and four species of vultures. In June of this year, the nonprofit Rewilding Europe announced the landscape as its 11th restoration site, making it France’s largest rewilding project.
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Wolves to be hunted again in Finland following legislation change
From English.news.cn:
HELSINKI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — Finland will once again allow the killing of wolves from January 2026, ending more than five decades of strict protection for the species.
The government on Thursday submitted a bill to parliament seeking to repeal the 1973 law that banned wolf hunting nationwide.
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Wolves Kill Calves in Eastern Oregon as State Could See Record Depredation
From KOBI5.com:
OREGON – Oregon wildlife officials are confirming a new series of wolf attacks on livestock across Eastern Oregon — part of what is shaping up to be one of the state’s busiest years for wolf depredation investigations.
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Wolf activity increases as weather cools
From WTIP.org:
The occasional spotting wolves may not be a particularly rare experience for many in the Northland, but Ely residents were surprised recently by a series of sightings in the city earlier this month.
This is the season when wolf activity typically increases, according to Krista Woerheide, the interpretive center director at the International Wolf Center.
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Wolves at the door: Greek villages have a growing predator problem
From ABCNews.go.com:
LEVEA, Greece — It was a shocking sight for the farmer — three of his sheep lying dead on the ground, signs of their mauling unmistakable. The large paw prints in the earth left no doubt they had been killed by a bear, a once rare but now increasingly frequent visitor in this part of northwestern Greece.
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Durham’s Museum of Life and Science swaps red wolves with New York to preserve population
From WRAL.com:
Two endangered red wolves are being flown into Raleigh from New York on Wednesday as part of a “wolf swap” between Durham’s Museum of Life and Science and the Wolf Conservation Center.
A mom, dad and three pups will be moving from the Durham museum up north to the Wolf Conservation Center, where the wolves will have more space to hopefully produce more offspring. The two wolves from the New York center will be taken in as a breeding pair that will also hopefully produce offspring at the Museum of Life and Science.
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Trump administration moves to roll back some Endangered Species Act protections
From NBCNews.com:
The Trump administration moved Wednesday to weaken the popular Endangered Species Act in an attempt to restore changes made during the president’s first term that were later blocked by a federal judge.
The proposed changes include the elimination of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s “blanket rule” that automatically protects animals and plants when they are classified as threatened. Government agencies instead would have to craft species-specific rules for protections, a potentially lengthy process.
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Yellowstone visitors stunned as man seemingly provokes wolf pack
From SFGate.com:
Yellowstone wolf watchers were gathered in awe on the morning of Oct. 6, ogling a pack of at least five black wolves roaming through the sagebrush near Lamar Valley.
But the crowd soon saw something unexpected through the lenses of their binoculars and spotting scopes: A man began walking toward the wolves, getting within 50 feet or so. A video of the incident was posted on Nov. 13 in the Facebook group that chronicle bad behavior in the park, titled “Yellowstone National Park: Invasion of The Idiots!”
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Colorado’s declining gray wolf population cited as reason Washington votes against providing more
From ColoradoSun.com:
nother door closed on Colorado’s wolf reintroduction efforts when Washington state wildlife officials voted Saturday against giving Colorado Parks and Wildlife 10 to 15 gray wolves for relocation this winter.
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 8-1 against providing wolves to Colorado, citing a decline in the state’s gray wolf population, is listed as endangered under both state and federal law.
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France’s largest rewilding project takes root in the Dauphiné Alps
From Mongabay.com:
In the foothills of the western Alps in southeastern France, horned alpine ibex roam the limestone cliffs of a smaller mountain range known as the Dauphiné Alps, a region once home to thriving populations of wild horses, bison, roe deer, gray wolves, Eurasian lynx, and four species of vultures. In June of this year, the nonprofit Rewilding Europe announced the landscape as its 11th restoration site, making it France’s largest rewilding project.
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Oregon’s wolves surge to historic high, but sparks new farm frustration
From KTVZ.com:
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon’s wolf population is on the rise, reaching its highest numbers in years and fueling hope for species recovery among conservationists, but for farmers facing ongoing livestock losses, the surge is a source of mounting frustration over predation and the limits of compensation programs.
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