From Northern News Now:
ELY, Minn. (Northern News Now) – The International Wolf Center in Ely is opening a new exhibit: Starvation, Adaptation, and Survival.
The new space depicts findings from the Voyagers Wolf Project, showcasing wolves’ diets, environmental impacts and profiles of individual wolves.
The study’s major finding is that wolves struggle in the warmer months.
“Summer’s a tough time for wolves in northern Minnesota,” Executive Director Grant Spickelmeir said. “Their natural prey can get away from them pretty effectively in the summer and they have to rely on other food sources.”
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Wolf populations have recovered in some parts of the country. In others, that is not the case.
From Politifact:
Gray wolves bring mixed feelings in Wisconsin and other places where the animals have repopulated over the last several decades.
While advocates support strong protections for the animals, many farmers see them as a nuisance. And for hunters, a wolf can be the ultimate prize.
No matter where the debate falls, in Wisconsin gray wolves are under the federal protections of the endangered species list, meaning they can’t be hunted or killed for any reason. The animals were relisted in February 2022, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report from Feb. 10, 2022.
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New Exhibit “Starvation, Adaptation and Survival—Insights from the Voyageurs Wolf Project” to Premiere at the International Wolf Center
New exhibit to open at International Wolf Center
From Northern News Now:
ELY, Minn. (Northern News Now) – The International Wolf Center in Ely is opening a new exhibit: Starvation, Adaptation, and Survival.
The new space depicts findings from the Voyagers Wolf Project, showcasing wolves’ diets, environmental impacts and profiles of individual wolves.
The study’s major finding is that wolves struggle in the warmer months.
“Summer’s a tough time for wolves in northern Minnesota,” Executive Director Grant Spickelmeir said. “Their natural prey can get away from them pretty effectively in the summer and they have to rely on other food sources.”
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Wyoming Legislative Group Will Consider Response To Wolf Torture
From Cowboy State Daily:
Wyoming lawmakers took to solid step Wednesday toward responding to widespread public outcry over the torture and killing of a wolf in Daniel — agreeing to form a legislative subcommittee to look into the matter.
The Legislature’s Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee agreed to form a subcommittee charged with seeking a possible reform of the state’s wildlife policy.
The group will probably focus first possibly raising the penalty for illegal possession of a live wild animal, as well as a penalty for displaying a live wild animal, said committee co-chair Rep. Sandy Newsome, R-Cody.
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Police seek info in poisoning of 3 wolves, 2 eagles, cougar, coyote, dogs in Oregon
From Statesman Journal:
Officials are offering a $25,000 reward for information about the illegal poisoning of three gray wolves, two golden eagles and other wildlife in Wallowa County.
It’s the latest in a spate of poisonings that have killed 19 wolves since 2015 and even killed domestic dogs recently in Eastern Oregon.
“The target was likely a wolf, but the collateral damage in northeast Oregon’s ongoing poisoning cases now includes golden eagles, dogs, and other carnivores,” the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
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Colorado wildlife agency identifies wolf likely killed by mountain lion
From The Coloradoan:
The wolf that was likely killed by a mountain lion in Larimer County last month has been identified.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife told the Coloradoan on Thursday the wolf that was found dead April 18 wore GPS collar No. 2303. That wolf was a juvenile gray male and weighed 76 pounds at the time of its release in late December, as previously reported by the wildlife agency when the wolves were released.
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Idaho approves bill that could kill 90 percent of state’s wolves
From Yahoo Lifestyle:
The Idaho Senate has approved legislation that will allow the state to hire private contractors to kill around 90 per cent of wolves in Idaho, with the aim to protect cattle and other agricultural interests.
Idaho’s Wolf Conservation and Management plan, which is backed by members of Idaho’s agriculture industry, was approved by the Senate on Wednesday with a large majority of 26-7.
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TRACKING THE U.P. WOLF
From Northern Express:
The term “unforgettable” has lost some of its significance due to overuse in a modern-day culture where corporate advertising labels everything from a new automobile to body wash as “unforgettable.” But unforgettable moments in life do still happen. For Denise Amo, a retired 32-year resident of Brimley who lives on the shores of Lake Superior in the eastern Upper Peninsula, one such moment involved a wolf.
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Yellowstone’s 11-Year-Old 1-Eyed Wolf Just Had Another Litter Of Pups
From Cowboy State Daily:
By rights, Yellowstone National Park’s Wolf 907F shouldn’t even be alive, much less have a new litter of pups.
Then again, the 11-year-old, one-eyed wolf matriarch has been surprising wildlife researchers for years.
“Any day, I kind of expect we’ll hear her tracking collar signal a mortality. But I’ve thought that before, and she’s always kept going, so maybe she’ll keep going,” wolf researcher Kira Cassidy told Cowboy State Daily.
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Wolves killing livestock was expected, but is there room for improvement?
From Rocky Mountain PBS:
EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — Standing in a valley amid their cattle and surrounded by mountains and blue, spring skies, Sarajane and Travis Snowden are worried.
“We lose sleep,” said Sarajane. “I don’t want it to be any of our neighbors. I don’t want it to be us.”
The Snowdens fear that the December 2023 reintroduction of gray wolves into Summit and Grand Counties will put their ranching business at risk.
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