From CBC News:
Anyone using walking trails north of Yellowknife is being asked to exercise “extreme caution” after wildlife officers reported a pack of nine wolves stalking a hiker and their dogs on Saturday.
In a public service announcement posted to Facebook on Saturday, the Department of Environment and Climate Change said that people should be aware of wolves in the area from Fred Henne park stretching to Vee Lake road.
People who walk in the area are advised to keep their pets on-leash at all times and travel in groups, especially after dark.
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Idaho board allows shooting wolves by helicopter, conservationist raise concerns
From KTVB 7:
BOISE, Idaho — Three conservation groups signed a petition calling for the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) to immediately ban shooting wildlife from an aircraft, such as a helicopter.
The groups – Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), International Wildlife Coexistence Network (IWCN), Western Watersheds – are seeking the protection of Idaho wolves. The state largely eradicated wolves in the early 20th century, according to IWCN Executive Director Suzanne Stone. The federal government reinstated the Idaho wolf population in 1995; the population was removed from the endangered species list in 2015 and returned the ability to manage the population back to the state.
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Wolf expert praises Yellowknife woman for handling of ‘not atypical’ encounter
From Yahoo News:
A wolf expert in B.C. is praising a Yellowknife woman for the way she handled an encounter with a pack of wolves near Yellowknife over the weekend.
Stephanie Yuill told Lawrence Nayally, the host of CBC’s Trails End, she was walking along the shore of Fox Lake on Saturday when she rounded a point and spotted what she initially thought was a group of sled dogs trotting toward her.
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FWP hosting public meetings to answer questions about updated wolf management plan
From Daily Montanan:
Montanans will have the ability to get questions answered by Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials starting next week on the agency’s first proposed update to its wolf management plan in 20 years.
FWP is holding six public meetings, including five in person across the state and one virtual meeting, on the 2023 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan and an accompanying environmental impact statement though the first half of December.
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Wolves aren’t to blame for a disappointing deer hunt, data show
From Minnesota Reformer:
Minnesota’s 2023 deer hunt is shaping up to be a bit of a disappointment, and some hunters and their allies in media and politics know precisely who to blame: wolves.
A hunting group recently erected a billboard near Eveleth, for instance, making the fantastical claim that “wolves devour over 54,000 fawns a year in Minnesota.”
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Border killings: How shooters lured historic Colorado wolves to their deaths in Wyoming
From WyoFile:
An electronic call drew the canine in.
The recorded sounds of a pronghorn in distress blared from a point some 600 yards north of the Colorado-Wyoming state line. It was a Saturday in May 2019, and the hunters at first thought they were looking at a coyote.
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Raritan 4th Grader Looking to Save Wolves
From Ridgewater and Raritan News:
RARITAN, NJ – John F. Kennedy Primary School fourth grader Vir Grover has been working with Raritan Borough Mayor Zachary Bray to raise awareness and help save wolves.
Bray has since decided to feature a call to action on the website for the borough, raritanboro.org.
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Research reveals more secrets of where wolves hunt in northern Minnesota and their impact on forests
From MPR News:
Research published in the past month by scientists with the Voyageurs Wolf Project reveals further insights into how and where wolves in far northern Minnesota hunt for their prey, and how in some cases that hunting can have a profound impact on the region’s forests.
One study builds on past research that demonstrated how wolves living in and around Voyageurs National Park eat large numbers of beaver, and by doing so can significantly shape the ecosystem by influencing the creation of wetlands.
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Pack of wolves north of Yellowknife reported stalking hikers, pets
From CBC News:
Anyone using walking trails north of Yellowknife is being asked to exercise “extreme caution” after wildlife officers reported a pack of nine wolves stalking a hiker and their dogs on Saturday.
In a public service announcement posted to Facebook on Saturday, the Department of Environment and Climate Change said that people should be aware of wolves in the area from Fred Henne park stretching to Vee Lake road.
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Federal judge shortens Montana’s wolf trapping season to protect non-hibernating grizzly bears
From KFYR TV:
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana has significantly shortened the state’s wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from being injured by traps.
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday saying Montana’s wolf trapping season can only run from Jan. 1 through Feb. 15, the time during which he said it is reasonably certain that almost all grizzly bears will be in dens. The order applies to all five of the state’s wolf hunting districts along with Hill, Blaine and Phillips counties in north-central Montana — basically the western two-thirds of the state.
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Pack of wolves north of Yellowknife reported stalking hikers, pets
From CBC News:
Anyone using walking trails north of Yellowknife is being asked to exercise “extreme caution” after wildlife officers reported a pack of nine wolves stalking a hiker and their dogs on Saturday.
In a public service announcement posted to Facebook on Saturday, the Department of Environment and Climate Change said that people should be aware of wolves in the area from Fred Henne park stretching to Vee Lake road.
People who walk in the area are advised to keep their pets on-leash at all times and travel in groups, especially after dark.
Click here for the full story.