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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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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Wolf or coyote? Wildlife mystery in Nevada solved with DNA testing
From CBS:
Three wolves roaming the mountains in northeastern Nevada would have been notable for a state without an established wolf population. But one recent sighting of a wolf-like animal trio in that area turned out to be a false alarm, after an investigation and a round of genetic tests revealed that the creatures are almost surely coyotes, the Nevada Department of Wildlife said.
Coyotes are common throughout Nevada, including in some of its major cities. Wolves are not, and they are rarely seen in the state despite populating surrounding regions in Idaho, Oregon and Northern California. Nevada wildlife officials told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2017 that a lone wolf was confirmed to have been spotted within state lines — the first in almost a century.
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Endangered red wolf pack welcomes new litter of pups
From BBC:
In early May, a pack of endangered red wolves welcomed a special litter of pups. Biologists are working hard to raise the population of red wolves, which is down to around 20 in the wild.
The eight pups were born when a male red wolf called Finch integrated with a wild wolf pack, after spending seven years in captivity.
Finch was born and raised at Wolf Haven International in Washington before being released at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The two organisations are working with the Red Wolf Recovery Program at the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Red wolf pups signal hope for endangered species in NC
From Public News Service:
Ahead of Endangered Species Day this Friday, conservation groups in North Carolina are celebrating the birth of eight red wolf pups at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
Red wolves, once a dominant presence across the Southeastern United States, are now teetering on the brink of extinction, with only 30 confirmed adults living in the wild.
Heather Clarkson, Southeast program outreach representative for Defenders of Wildlife, explained ongoing efforts to revive the population have been met with both hardships and victories.
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Colorado wolf found dead last month was likely killed by a mountain lion, federal officials say
From The Denver Post:
The reintroduced Colorado wolf found dead last month in Larimer County likely died after being attacked by a mountain lion, according to a necropsy conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The gray wolf was one of 10 released in December in Colorado’s central mountains as part of a voter-mandated reintroduction effort. The wolf is the first of the group to die, bringing the state’s known population of wolves to 11 — including two wolves remaining from a pack established earlier from wolves that had migrated from Wyoming.
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