From the MerrillFotoNews.com in Wisconsin:
On July 1, 2022, USDA-Wildlife Services verified that wolves killed a Plott trailing hound in the Town of Russell, Lincoln County.
Dog owners are reminded to exercise caution in wolf occupied areas. Conflicts between hunting dogs and wolves are most common during the bear training and hunting season. Dogs have also been depredated pursuing other wildlife including fox, coyotes, bobcat, rabbit, snowshoe hare, and upland birds. More information is available on the DNR’s website.
Click here for the full story.
Batch of captive-born wolf pups slipped into litters of wild mothers
From the Payson Roundup in Arizona:
Eleven new wolf pups born in captivity are now getting used to life in the wild — and a potentially perplexed mother.
Biologists in May placed 11 week-old pups born in captive breeding programs in the dens in New Mexico and Arizona — a sometimes-controversial effort to increase the genetic diversity of the endangered Mexican gray wolf populations in the wild. The reintroduction program is a joint effort with the USFWS, Arizona and New Mexico Game and Fish and the White Mountain Apache Tribe.
Click here for the full story.
Do wolves have similar sleeping patterns as dogs?
From Earth.com:
In recent years, there has been an increased scientific interest in investigating canine sleep. Since dogs are a domesticated species adapted to the human environment, better understanding their sleeping patterns can shed more light on human sleep too, which could have been evolutionarily shaped by living in protected environments. Thus, similar changes might be expected in the sleeping patterns of other species adapted to such environments. For instance, dogs appear to sleep more superficially in unfamiliar environments, just as humans do.
Click here for the full story.
DNR issues warning after wolves kill 2 dogs in northern Wisconsin
From KBJR in Wisconsin:
BAYFIELD COUNTY, WI — The Wisconsin DNR is warning the community after wolves apparently killed two dogs in Bayfield and Forest counties.
According to the DNR, the first death was reported July 8 when wolves attacked a Walker/Plott mix trailing hound in the Town of Barksdale, which is in Bayfield County.
Click here for the full story.
An incredible find in Siberia. Everyone suspected it was a dog. The truth is quite different
From TheSaxon.org:
The news of the amazing discovery that scientists made in Siberia spread around the world in 2018. Since then, everyone was convinced that the remains of the oldest dog in the world had been found. Today we know that this was not an accurate judgment.
Click here for the full story.
In Minnesota’s North Woods, where wolves were never eradicated, researchers are unlocking the secrets of how wolves behave and how people can live with them
From the Star Tribune in Minnesota:
Click here for the full story.
Citizen input sought on Michigan wolf management plan
Public input is sought on the latest draft of the Michigan Wolf Management Plan.
Click here to read the updated plan.
Click here to leave your comments.
Hunting Dog Depredated in Lincoln County, Wisconsin
From the MerrillFotoNews.com in Wisconsin:
On July 1, 2022, USDA-Wildlife Services verified that wolves killed a Plott trailing hound in the Town of Russell, Lincoln County.
Dog owners are reminded to exercise caution in wolf occupied areas. Conflicts between hunting dogs and wolves are most common during the bear training and hunting season. Dogs have also been depredated pursuing other wildlife including fox, coyotes, bobcat, rabbit, snowshoe hare, and upland birds. More information is available on the DNR’s website.
Click here for the full story.
Washington wildlife commissioners vote against wolf-livestock rule
From The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington:
Washington will not implement wolf-livestock rules two years after Gov. Jay Inslee asked state wildlife managers to reduce the number of wolves killed.
The 9-person commission voted 5-4 to not adopt the rule Friday morning. With that vote the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue to manage wolves under the wolf-livestock protocols which have been developed in the 14 years since wolves naturally returned to the state.
Click here for the full story.
Study: Himalayan wolf a major livestock predator, though not by choice
From DowntoEarth.org:
The Himalayan wolf, found throughout the Himalayas, is a major predator of livestock in the region; however, if its natural prey is abundant, it would not show preference for livestock, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, examined and analysed scats from Himalayan wolves as well as snow leopards and red foxes in four areas spread across the Union Territory of Ladakh and the Spiti Valley of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh.
Click here for the full story.
Minnesota: People feeding donuts to wolves leads to closure of camping area near the Sawbill Trail
From WTIP.org in Minnesota:
Wolves will eat donuts.
And people should never feed them pastries, or any other food.
These were the sentiments shared by the Tofte District Ranger on Superior National Forest during a recent WTIP interview.
Click here for the full story.