From FoxTV 6 in Michigan:
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Last Thursday a federal court in California, protections were restored for the gray wolf, overturning laws that allowed animal owners to use lethal force.
If a wolf is preying on livestock, pets, or hunting dogs, it is once again illegal to kill it in Michigan. With federal gray wolf protections restored, two state laws have been suspended. Republican Senator, Ed McBroom said this decision could influence the daily lives of many Yoopers.
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B.C. wolf hunt resumes despite public opposition
From The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Canada:
Contractors hired by the B.C. government are shooting wolves from helicopters this winter, part of a five-year plan to protect endangered caribou that was approved by the province despite its own public consultation that showed a majority of residents are against the hunt.
Opponents of the hunt say killing the wolves is only a superficial measure that won’t protect the caribou in the long run. Harder choices are needed, they say, to cut back on industrial activity in endangered caribou habitat. In addition, the federal government still hasn’t imposed an emergency protection order, despite declaring caribou at “imminent” risk four years ago.
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Colorado collars wolf pup
From The Wildlife Society:
Colorado wildlife workers have placed a GPS collar on a female wolf pup. The pup is one of eight wolves in the North Park area of the state, which has seen resident wolves return after being extirpated in the 1940s. Identified as 2202, the pup is one of six produced by a female numbered F1084, which migrated from the Snake River Pack in Wyoming, and a male numbered 2010. The pup was collared on Feb. 9, after F1084’s collar stopped transmitting.
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Michigan: New gray wolf law changes could influence some
From FoxTV 6 in Michigan:
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Last Thursday a federal court in California, protections were restored for the gray wolf, overturning laws that allowed animal owners to use lethal force.
If a wolf is preying on livestock, pets, or hunting dogs, it is once again illegal to kill it in Michigan. With federal gray wolf protections restored, two state laws have been suspended. Republican Senator, Ed McBroom said this decision could influence the daily lives of many Yoopers.
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Colorado’s wolf reintroduction plan worries ranchers
From KOAA.com in Colorado:
WALDEN — The decision made by Colorado voters in 2020 to reintroduce grey wolves into the state continues to generate controversy.
State ranchers argue the state isn’t equipped to handle the 250 wolves scheduled to be reintroduced in December 2023.
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Most U.S. wolves are listed as endangered—again. Here’s why.
From National Geographic:
Gray wolves in most of the United States are once again protected under the Endangered Species Act, according to a new legal decision.
A U.S. District Court judge in Oakland, California, ruled on February 10 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted improperly in delisting wolves. That decision, which went into effect in October 2020 toward the end of the Trump Administration, removed federal protections for the animals, arguing they had recovered within substantial parts of their range. This delisting decision has been upheld—and defended in court—by the Biden Administration.
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Wolves shot in Norway after court overturns stay of execution
From The Guardian:
Nine endangered wolves were shot in one day in Norway after a court ruled that a controversial hunt could go ahead.
Fifty-one wolves were originally due to be slaughtered – a significant proportion of the 80 animals thought to live in Norway. But last month, activists secured a stay of execution when they got an injunction halting the hunt until an appeal over its validity could go ahead. They claimed that allowing hunters to kill wolves in a conservation zone would be against EU nature protection laws.
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5 things to know about gray wolves regaining Endangered Species Act protection
From High Country News:
A federal judge announced big news last week: Gray wolves will regain protection in the United States.
Only in certain parts of the country, however.
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Wolves Will Regain Federal Protection in Much of the U.S.
From the New York Times:
Gray wolves will regain federal protection across most of the lower 48 United States following a court ruling Thursday that struck down a Trump administration decision to take the animals off the endangered species list.
Senior District Judge Jeffrey S. White, of United States District Court for the Northern District of California, found that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in declaring wolf conservation a success and removing the species from federal protection, did not adequately consider threats to wolves outside of the Great Lakes and Northern Rocky Mountains where they have rebounded most significantly.
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Judge orders federal protection for gray wolves be restored
From the Associated Press:
BILLINGS, Mont (AP) — A judge has ordered federal protections restored for gray wolves across much of the U.S. after they were removed in the waning days of the Trump administration.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said in Thursday’s ruling that the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to show wolf populations could be sustained in the Midwest and portions of the West without protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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Minnesota: Wolf-human close encounter near Voyageurs park raises concerns
From Minnesota Public Radio:
A wolf spotted close to Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota recently walked within 5 feet of a group of snowmobiles showing no signs of fear — behavior that’s “extremely abnormal,” researchers said Wednesday.
“The wolf seemed unalarmed, did not appear to exhibit fear of people or the snowmobiles, and just sauntered/lingered in the area,” researchers with the Voyageurs Wolf Project wrote on Twitter.
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