From Detroit Free Press:
The National Park Service has closed a campground on Isle Royale National Park “due to the increasing frequency of interactions between humans and wildlife.”
The Duncan Narrows campground, in the northeastern portion of the island park in Lake Superior, was closed beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, July 6, Isle Royale National Park officials announced in a Facebook post. The campground is expected to reopen at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 8.
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[British Columbia, Canada] considers extending wolf cull again to conserve threatened caribou
From CBC Radio Canada:
The B.C. government is considering another extension of its controversial wolf cull in efforts to conserve threatened caribou.
Habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as a subsequent increase in predators, are the main reasons for the decline of caribou populations, according to the province.
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Wolf skulls reveal species’ history
From Science in Poland:
The morphology of wolves is shaped primarily by the population they belong to, the types of prey they hunt and their demographic history, including the effects of human activity, according to a new international study published in the journal “Diversity and Distributions”.
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Alaska has killed 254 brown bears from the air. Will it save a caribou herd?
From Anchorage Daily News:
Scientists and advocates worry the state’s predator control gamble will fail but still expand aerial bear gunning across Alaska. Some proponents say the program is necessary because bears imperil rural residents’ subsistence foods.
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Pair of wolves terrorise Walloon village [Belgium] after 20 sheep found dead
From Brussels Times:
A flock of 20 sheep were killed in a suspected wolf attack in a rural Walloon village, not far from where scout camps are usually held every summer, raising concerns about safety.
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Researchers went into a Neolithic cave on a remote Swedish island – and found unexpected remains
From BBC Wildlife:
Researchers discovered two canid remains, dating back roughly 3,000 to 5,000 years, with grey wolf ancestry on the Swedish island Stora Karlsö. This prompted them to pose the question: were wolves under human control in prehistoric Scandinavia?
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Wolf Pack Adopts Stray Puppy in Northern Greece
From Tovima.com:
Drone footage from a researcher tracking the pack shows the wolves bringing the pup food and leading it to water. It is the second dog the same group has taken in this year, and experts say the behavior has not been documented before.
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Isle Royale closes campground over wildlife-human ‘interactions’
From Detroit Free Press:
The National Park Service has closed a campground on Isle Royale National Park “due to the increasing frequency of interactions between humans and wildlife.”
The Duncan Narrows campground, in the northeastern portion of the island park in Lake Superior, was closed beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, July 6, Isle Royale National Park officials announced in a Facebook post. The campground is expected to reopen at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 8.
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Rancher Says Wolves Making Colorado Coyotes More Aggressive With Livestock
From Cowboy State Daily:
Ranchers in northern Colorado wonder if the growing wolf population is causing coyotes to be more aggressive toward livestock. “In 30 years of doing this, I’ve never seen anything like that,” a rancher said about two coyotes attacking healthy livestock.
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Wolf crisis in rural California hurts ranchers, new bills are introduced
From KDRV News:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Assemblywoman Heather Hadwick held a press conference to share updates on her wolf legislative package and funding request.
Ranchers, law enforcement and community members attended the event and shared their experiences with what Hadwick calls the wolf crisis.
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Millions awarded to reduce wolf attacks on California livestock
From Fox 40 News:
(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has awarded $2 million in grants to organizations to reduce “wolf-livestock conflict,” the department announced in a July 1 release.
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