From Undark.org:
Maybe it was the heat that afternoon in Madison, or maybe it was sheer exhaustion as the meeting approached its sixth hour. Either way, tempers were flaring.
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board, a politically appointed body that advises the state’s natural resources agency, met on Aug. 11, 2021, to debate a seemingly narrow question: How many wolves should hunters be allowed to kill during the upcoming hunting season?
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Alaska: Animal sighting near school not necessarily cause for concern, says biologist
From the Juneau Empire:
A video shared on a Juneau-oriented social media site showed what appeared to be a wolf trotting down the road near Mendenhall River Community School. That’s not necessarily a cause for concern or even surprise, said an Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist.
“It is common to have wolves on the outskirts of Juneau,” said ADF&G area biologist Roy Churchwell in an email. “Not unheard of, but it is less common to have one that folks can see readily in the daylight walking paved roads.”
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How wolf personalities can alter wetlands
From phys.org:
Can wolf personalities change ecosystems? According to the latest research from the Voyageurs Wolf Project, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, they can.
Previous work by the Voyageurs Wolf Project demonstrates that wolves can alter the creation of wetlands by killing beavers.
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A Fight Over Wolves Pits Facts Against Feelings in Wisconsin
From Undark.org:
Maybe it was the heat that afternoon in Madison, or maybe it was sheer exhaustion as the meeting approached its sixth hour. Either way, tempers were flaring.
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board, a politically appointed body that advises the state’s natural resources agency, met on Aug. 11, 2021, to debate a seemingly narrow question: How many wolves should hunters be allowed to kill during the upcoming hunting season?
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Boise students speak out after wolf pups named for their school are killed
From the Idaho Capital Sun:
Timberline High School student Annie Birch Wright felt a connection to her school’s mascot because it wasn’t just another generic animal.
The mascot is the wolf, which led to a real pack of wolves living in the nearby Boise National Forest being named for, symbolically adopted by and studied at the high school.
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Concern grows over fate of alpha female of Colorado’s lone known wolfpack
From the Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado:
By this time last year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials confirmed wolf pups had been born in the state for the first time in 80 years and were just days away from announcing it.
This year, crickets.
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New Mexico counties back proposed livestock authority; feds release more wolf pups
From the El Defensor Chieftain in Socorro, New Mexico:
A Joint Powers Agreement between the counties of Socorro, Catron and Sierra was approved last week by the Socorro County Board of County Commissioners. The purpose of the JPA is to create the County Livestock Loss Authority, designed to help protect the rights and livelihood of the cattle ranching industry, which feels at risk by the federal government’s management of the reintroduction of the endangered Mexican gray wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, commonly referred to as “el lobo.”
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2 wolves kill 143 sheep near Shaw Mountain outside of Boise, Idaho
From Idaho News 6:
Two wolves killed 143 sheep grazing on the backside of Shaw Mountain outside of Boise.
The lambs and ewes were part of the band of 2,500 sheep that crossed Highway 55 in March and have been grazing through the Boise Foothills. The owner of the Wilder sheep Frank Shirts said it’s the worst incident of wolf predation he’s experienced, according to a news release from the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission.
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Italy: Five wolves found poisoned in Bolognese Apennines
From ansa.com in Italy:
(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 1 – Five wolves were found poisoned in the Bolognese Apennines in a two-week period in January, the likely victims of Italian farmers or hunters, forest rangers said Wednesday.
“An entire pack has been swept away, it is a ‘bio-cide’,” said the president of the eastern Emilian parks agency, Sandro Ceccoli, and the head of its environmental department, David Bianco.
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Biologists slip captive-born pups into wild Mexican gray wolf dens. Here’s why
From Fronteras:
The Arizona Game and Fish Department recently took steps to increase genetic diversity in the Mexican gray wolf population.
Recovery of the Mexican wolf has been slow, in part because of the illegal shooting of wolves.
Another problem is that there are not many animals left in the gene pool.
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Colorado: DNA Determines Alleged Wolves In Park County Were Actually Pack Of Domestic Dogs
From CBS4 in Denver:
PARK COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) — A Park County resident who recorded a video last month and posted it on social media remains convinced its shows wolves hunting elk.
However, authorities’ investigations point to it being a pack of loose dogs.
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