From DutchNews.NL in the Netherlands:
Dutch MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen has come out in support of a resolution by the European parliament’s agricultural committee calling for measures to control wolves by ‘scaling down’ their protected status’, the AD reports. Ruissen, a member of the fundamentalist Protestant party SGP, said wolves, which now number over 20,000 in Europe, are causing problems for sheep farms and agriculture in some regions. ‘It’s ok to want to protect a species but why would they need to be protected in all member states? In the Netherlands we simply don’t have the space, perhaps only for a few wolves in the Veluwe national park,’ he told the paper.
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Collared wolf found dead in Northeast Oregon
From OPB.org:
Oregon State Police are investigating a collared wolf that was found dead in Wallowa County last week.
Investigators say the two-year-old female wolf, which had been collared by wildlife officials and named OR-106, was likely shot to death.
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Dutch MEP supports EU effort to reduce protection for wolves
From DutchNews.NL in the Netherlands:
Dutch MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen has come out in support of a resolution by the European parliament’s agricultural committee calling for measures to control wolves by ‘scaling down’ their protected status’, the AD reports. Ruissen, a member of the fundamentalist Protestant party SGP, said wolves, which now number over 20,000 in Europe, are causing problems for sheep farms and agriculture in some regions. ‘It’s ok to want to protect a species but why would they need to be protected in all member states? In the Netherlands we simply don’t have the space, perhaps only for a few wolves in the Veluwe national park,’ he told the paper.
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Greece: Measures urged after wolf kills puppy on Parnitha
From ekathimerini.com in Greece:
In the wake of a deadly wolf attack on a puppy in Mt Parnitha in Attica on Sunday, the environmental group Callisto has warned that people could be next if authorities do not take measures soon.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission considering emergency rule that would allow ranchers to haze wolves
From the Summit Daily:
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will consider during a virtual meeting this week emergency regulations allowing ranchers to protect livestock by hazing wolves.
Wolves killed a heifer near Walden last month — the first such confirmed kill in decades. If approved Wednesday, Jan. 12, new hazing regulations would go into effect right away because of the emergency process, but commissioners first discussed the policy in November.
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Major losses in Yellowstone wolf population a “significant setback,” experts say
From Local12.com:
BILLINGS, Mont. (WKRC) – Gray wolves are a prized species in Yellowstone National Park, but a record 20 of them have been hunted in the last few months, according to park officials.
The gray wolves were reintroduced in the region 25 years ago. The wolves were roaming at the northern border in Montana where 15 of them were hunted, according to reports. The other five wolves died in Idaho and Wyoming.
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Endangered Mexican gray wolf found dead in northern Arizona
From the Associated Press:
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An endangered Mexican gray wolf that had been roaming around northern Arizona has been found dead, federal officials confirmed Friday.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the male wolf was killed sometime last weekend. Authorities said the incident is under investigation and declined to release any additional information.
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Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
From the Associated Press:
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according to park officials.
Fifteen wolves were shot after roaming across the park’s northern border into Montana, according to figures released to The Associated Press. Five more died in Idaho and Wyoming.
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Michigan: Wolf management plan feedback due by Jan. 31
From DailyPress.net:
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is updating the state’s wolf management plan and is seeking public comment, via online survey through Jan. 31, about the future of wolf management.
The current plan, created in 2008 and updated in 2015, was developed using extensive public input to identify important issues and assess public attitudes toward wolves and their management and by reviewing the biological and social science relevant to wolf management.
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Is it a wolf, or a wolf-dog hybrid? Wildlife officials investigating after dead canine found in Utah
From Deseret News:
Utah hunters found what could be the first wolf discovered in the state in years Tuesday, although officials from the Division of Wildlife Resources say the animal, found dead on the side of the road in Duchesne County, is likely a hybrid.
Stephen Gray had wrapped up a successful day duck hunting with family and friends near Duchesne in northeastern Utah, and stopped at a gas station along U.S. Route 40 before heading home. As they pulled onto the highway, one of his friends noticed a large black object on the side of the road.
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An endangered wolf spent days searching for a mate. The border wall blocked him.
From NBCNews.com:
One chilly early morning in November, a wolf roamed southwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico, on the southern border of the U.S. He was probably driven by the call for survival and wanted to mate, researchers say.
In his search for a mate or for better opportunities, the wolf tried to cross the dangerous Chihuahuan Desert, a region he knows very well because it has been his species’ habitat since time immemorial.
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