From The Colorado Sun:
KALISPELL, Montana — The gray wolf population is robust enough in Montana that officials are preparing to extend hunting season on the state’s most controversial animals and allow snare traps that grab them by the neck.
And in next-door Idaho, where hunting and trapping season is pretty much year-round, hunters can use night-vision goggles and ATVs to chase down gray wolves in the dark on private land. To keep that state’s 1,500 wolf population steady, about 40% are killed off each year through hunting and trapping, and by the Idaho Fish and Game in retaliation for livestock attacks.
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After thousands of years of domestication, dogs ‘get’ people better than wolves
From UPI.com:
If you feel like your dog understands you, you’re right.
Dogs have the innate ability to grasp what humans are thinking, a skill developed in their 14,000 years of hanging out with people, researchers say. In contrast, wolf puppies do not have that ability.
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Wolf reintroduction happened so fast in Montana and Idaho, the states are expanding hunting. Here’s what Colorado can learn.
From The Colorado Sun:
KALISPELL, Montana — The gray wolf population is robust enough in Montana that officials are preparing to extend hunting season on the state’s most controversial animals and allow snare traps that grab them by the neck.
And in next-door Idaho, where hunting and trapping season is pretty much year-round, hunters can use night-vision goggles and ATVs to chase down gray wolves in the dark on private land. To keep that state’s 1,500 wolf population steady, about 40% are killed off each year through hunting and trapping, and by the Idaho Fish and Game in retaliation for livestock attacks.
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After early struggles, Isle Royale’s transplanted wolves show healthy signs of settling in
From the Detroit Free Press:
After a somewhat rough start, the wolves who survived being transplanted to Isle Royale in Lake Superior seem to have taken a liking to their new surroundings, producing multiple litters of pups.
Nineteen wolves were transplanted on the island national park between 2018 and 2019 to bolster its nearly vanished wolf population and counterbalance the island’s swelling numbers of moose.
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Wolf sighting sparks discussion on their role in our world, and our role in theirs
From the Anchorage Daily News:
Wolves are controversial. Some folks think they are big, smart, happy dogs. Others believe all wolves should be shot on sight. There are those who would pay thousands of dollars just to see a wolf in the wild. And those who would pay thousands to eliminate the wolf from the landscape.
The middle road is likely the correct course.
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No wolf hunt in Minnesota this year
From Southernmn.com
Wolf hunting will not take place in Minnesota this year. Officials say they need at least until next spring to complete a management plan.
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Indigenous-Directed Short Film Asks Interior Secretary Haaland to Return Federal Protections to Gray Wolves
From Animal Welfare Institute:
Billings, MT (July 7, 2021)—The Global Indigenous Council today released “FAMILY,” a short film highlighting the deep cultural connection Indigenous nations share with wolves and the major threats currently facing imperiled wolves in the lower 48 states. The film is available to view for free on YouTube.
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New, Rare Gray Wolf Pack Spotted In Northern California
From sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
PLUMAS COUNTY (AP) — A new pack of gray wolves has been identified in Northern California, becoming the third pack to establish itself in the state in the last century, state wildlife officials and conservationists said.
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Wildlife experts oppose western wolf eradication policies
From Cache Valley Daily:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A growing coalition of wildlife experts is calling on the Biden administration to provide emergency protections for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains.
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Montana and Idaho have legalized killing wolves on a massive scale
From Gizmodo.com:
Gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been persecuted in the U.S. since the arrival of Europeans. By the 20th century, they had been driven to near-extinction. Narrowly pulled back from the brink by endangered species protections and reintroductions in Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in the 1990s, they are one of North America’s greatest conservation success stories.
Wolf recovery has had huge cultural resonance. Most Americans love wolves. Gas station t-shirts and tchotchkes featuring the species have become a fixture of kitsch Americana—a testament to our collective love for these charismatic canids.
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As many as a third of Wisconsin’s wolves were killed after the species dropped from the endangered species list, study says
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
As many as one-third of Wisconsin’s gray wolves likely died at the hands of humans in the months after the federal government announced it was ending legal protections, according to a study released Monday.
Poaching and a February hunt that far exceeded kill quotas were largely responsible for the drop-off, University of Wisconsin scientists said, though some other scientists say more direct evidence is needed for some of the calculations.
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