Fromo the Missoula Current in Montana:
With only four months until the start of the Legislative session, people are already developing ideas for the next round of wildlife bills, although some caution against more wolf-killing bills.
Members of the Legislative Environmental Quality Council spent Thursday and Friday getting department updates and reviewing proposals for department bills that would be pre-introduced in the Legislature. Not surprisingly, it was the Fish, Wildlife & Parks update on wolves that sparked some debate.
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Three Wolves Mount Attack On Tiny Dog Who Miraculously Escapes In The Nick Of Time
From WhiskeyRiff.com:
Wolves man… watching them hunt is an incredible experience.
Unfortunately for this pup, he was on the wrong side of it.
Filmed in Italy, by Pablo Forconi, we can see the moment this pack of wolves snap into action. Calculated, precise… the leader gives the signal and they go charging forward, a three-headed nightmare for this poor doggo.
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Are Mexican Wolves Reshaping the Lives of Elk?
From Grand View Outdoors:
How do elk respond when an apex predator, once eliminated from the landscape, stages a comeback? Researchers in New Mexico are keen to find out. They are taking a deep look at how southwestern elk herds may be changing their habits as populations of a native predator, the Mexican gray wolf, grow. Currently three years into a four-year study, researchers aim to document elk population dynamics and how they respond to wolves on the landscape. A collaboration between the New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at New Mexico State University (NMSU), Arizona Game and Fish Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the study kicked off in early 2019, led by principal investigator James Cain.
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British Columbia: Caribou recovery plan sees 156 wolves culled in West Chilcotin mountains in last 3 years
From Clearwater Times in Clearwater, B.C.:
Sixty-six wolves were culled in the Itcha-Ilgachuz caribou range in the first months of 2022 with more expected to be removed in the coming winter, confirmed the Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship.
The provincial government has been doing wolf culls since 2015 as part of an effort to restore caribou herds.
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Sighting of new gray wolf family raises hopes of resurgence in Oregon
From The Guardian in the UK:
The sighting of a new family of gray wolves in Oregon’s Cascade mountains has given wildlife advocates hope that the recovery of the endangered species in the state is gathering pace.
The state’s fish and wildlife department (ODFW) said a group of two adults and two pups was captured by a trail camera in August.
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Oregon Confirms New Wolves in Northern Cascade Mountains
From USNews.com and the Associated Press:
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials said Tuesday they have identified a new family of wolves in the northern Cascade Mountains, bringing the total number of known wolf groups in the region to three.
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed the new family of wolves with two adults and two pups. They were discovered in December on the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Portland.
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Minnesota: New wolf-human encounters near Voyageurs park draw scientists’ concern
From Minnesota Public Radio:
Researchers in far northern Minnesota are concerned about a young wolf south of Voyageurs National Park that’s been seen several times along a roadside, displaying little to no fear of people.
Scientists with the Voyageurs Wolf Project posted photos of the wolf on their Facebook page Tuesday, asking the public to share details about their encounters with the wolf and imploring people to leave it alone.
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Montana: Legislators debate wolf, block management bills
Fromo the Missoula Current in Montana:
With only four months until the start of the Legislative session, people are already developing ideas for the next round of wildlife bills, although some caution against more wolf-killing bills.
Members of the Legislative Environmental Quality Council spent Thursday and Friday getting department updates and reviewing proposals for department bills that would be pre-introduced in the Legislature. Not surprisingly, it was the Fish, Wildlife & Parks update on wolves that sparked some debate.
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Colorado: With mystery around Walden wolves still unsolved, rancher tries a new deterrent: longhorns
From the Coloradoan:
This time last year, North Park rancher Don Gittleson’s gut instinct told him, for the first time in his decades of ranching in Colorado, wolf trouble was brewing.
He and other area ranchers had sporadically seen lone wolves over the previous two years. But in September 2021, he started seeing six wolf pups tag along with their parents, who naturally migrated into the state and produced the first wolf pups born in Colorado in 80 years.
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Can tourism save the Iberian wolf in Portugal?
From SCMP.com:
Francisco Barrigão takes a break from minding his flock of distinctive, black-nosed churra galega bragança sheep, resting on his wooden staff in the mid-November sunshine.
Winter has come late to northeastern Portugal’s Montesinho Natural Park, and the weather is clear and warm. He smiles ruefully and rubs his sun-darkened pate when the conversation turns to wolves.
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Groups Urge Federal Courts to Relist Wolves in Montana and Idaho
From Big Country News:
Several conservation groups argue that because Montana and Idaho are “hellbent” on eradicating wolves, a court should instate equally aggressive measures aimed at restoring federal protection for gray wolves.
In both of the Rocky Mountain states, lawmakers have relaxed rules about wolf hunting. For example, Idaho now allows private contractors to kill wolves, permits year-round trapping on private land, and allows hunters and trappers to kill an unlimited number.
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