From Canadian Manufacturing:
Harming dogs is a criminal act in Ontario, but shooting wolves is a sport. And while animal welfare legislation was recently strengthened, protection for Algonquin wolves could soon be set back if the government invokes changes made last year to the Endangered Species Act.
When Ontario shut down in March, resources rightly focused on public health. By then, however, the government was already far behind on its obligation to protect and recover the Algonquin wolf. Listed as threatened on June 15, 2016, the law at the time required immediate protection and mandated a formal Algonquin wolf recovery plan within two years.
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Wisconsin DNR looks to educate hunters, hikers about wolves after hunting dog killed
From WSAW.com:
MILLADORE, Wis. (WSAW) – Hunters and farmers alike will tell you that the presence of wolves in central and north central Wisconsin is nothing new.
“A healthy wolf population and of course we have a lot of outdoor recreation occurring and a lot of livestock and dairy farms and beef farms in the state,” says Brad Koele, a wildlife damage specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. “With any wildlife species you can have conflicts that occur.”
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WDFW removes Tim Coleman from wolf advisory group; Lethal removal order issued for Leadpoint Pack
From the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington:
A member of the state’s Wolf Advisory Group has been dismissed from the committee by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife director Kelly Susewind in the latest twist of hotly debated issues surround wolf-kill orders in northeast Washington.
Tim Coleman, executive director of Kettle Range Conservation Group, was removed Aug. 3.
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Turkmenistan: A boy who has been brought up by wolves
From Orient.tm:
History knows many stories about friendship between the human and wild animals. The most such famous character – a boy by name Mowgli from «The Jungle Book» by Rudyard Kipling.
A human baby living in a horde of wolves glorified the name of the writer for the whole world. In Turkmenistan there was a similar case when in 1957 a group of geologists who went to the desert, found out a boy running among a horde of wolves.
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New law in Switzerland paves way for ‘long-term coexistence between wolves and humans’
From swissinfo.ch:
The reform of the hunting law is aimed at boosting biodiversity and serves as a legal basis to deal with the growing wolf population, says Stefan Engler. The senator and representative of the centrist Christian Democratic Party explains why he recommends voter approve the reform in a nationwide on September 27.
The current hunting law dates back to 1985 but things have changed considerably since then. Protected species such as wolves and beavers have made a comeback in recent years, which is a positive sign for Switzerland’s nature and biodiversity.
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The erosion of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act threatens iconic Algonquin wolf
From Canadian Manufacturing:
Harming dogs is a criminal act in Ontario, but shooting wolves is a sport. And while animal welfare legislation was recently strengthened, protection for Algonquin wolves could soon be set back if the government invokes changes made last year to the Endangered Species Act.
When Ontario shut down in March, resources rightly focused on public health. By then, however, the government was already far behind on its obligation to protect and recover the Algonquin wolf. Listed as threatened on June 15, 2016, the law at the time required immediate protection and mandated a formal Algonquin wolf recovery plan within two years.
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Reintroduction, ecology and the suspicious death of 341F, the wolf who visited Eagle County
From the Vail Daily and the Associated Press:
EAGLE COUNTY – Wildlife officials have received several reports of wolf sightings in Colorado this summer, including one from the Vail area.
While the sightings have not been verified to be true, it would not be the first time a wolf has been here since reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park in 1995.
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Washington state to kill more wolves that attack livestock
From The Wilton Bulletin and the Associated Press:
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington on Tuesday ordered that more endangered wolves be killed in a pack that continued to prey on cattle in Stevens County even after one member was eliminated.
Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind authorized the removal of one or two wolves from the so-called Wedge pack in response to repeated depredations of cattle on public grazing land.
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Why the U.S. government is allowing bears, wolves to be hunted in their dens
From National Geographic:
WHEN WOLF HUNTING season opened in Alaska on August 1, it became legal in many national preserves for hunters to kill nursing mothers in dens with their pups. In October, when black bear hunting season begins, females settling down for hibernation with cubs can be targeted in portions of Denali National Preserve and Gates of the Arctic National Preserve. And in spring, when cubs and their mothers emerge, they too will be legal game.
Other previously banned hunting practices—including baiting bears with doughnuts, popcorn, or other human food—also are allowed now in Alaska’s national preserves.
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Wisconsin’s Green Fire Expert Panel: Shares a vision for wolves in Wisconsin
From WisBusiness.com:
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to take action soon to remove gray wolves from the list of Endangered and Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act. In response to this looming decision, experts will join a Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) presentation and panel discussion on August 26th from 11am to 12:30pm.
Expert panelists will cover the history of wolves and wolf management in Wisconsin, why an inclusive and transparent process is essential to effective wolf management, what public perceptions mean for human coexistence with wolves, and how Minnesota is managing its resident wolf population.
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Last wolves in Africa: the fragile wildlife of Ethiopia’s ravaged parks
From The Guardian in the UK:
Conservationist Getachew Assefa points across the valley. “It started close to the mist over there, by the most spectacular viewpoint,” he says. “Almost all the grassland was burnt. All of that plateau and the steep cliff over there.”
Six months after wildfires torched this part of Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains, the scars are healing: heather and grass have returned to carpet the hilltop, brightened by the yellow daisies which bloom after the long rains. On the near side of the valley lie barley fields, rippling in the wind.
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