A board leader calls the new Wisconsin wolf plan key to removing federal protections for the animal

From Eagle Herald

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources policy board signaled support Wednesday for the department’s contentious new wolf management plan even though the document lacks a hard population cap that hunters and farmers have demanded.

 

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The Netherlands is now home to nine wolf packs and 39 cubs

From Dutch News:

The Netherlands is now home to nine separate wolf packs, according to provincial wildlife agency BIJ12 which monitors wolf sightings.

Wolves have been slowly returning to the Netherlands after an absence of 200 years and the nine pairs of wolves which have made the Netherlands their home  had at least 39 cubs this year.

 

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Wolf presence outside Yellowstone topic of researcher’s Oct. 5 talk

From Billings Gazette:

After being functionally absent from the continental United States for approximately a century, wolves are back on the landscape and continually expanding into new areas.

Kristin Barker, research coordinator for the Beyond Yellowstone program, says, “The return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park has been touted as a key driver of restored ecosystem functioning, but what evidence do we have to support that claim, and how applicable is it outside protected areas like national parks?”

 

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Belgian farmers call for weaker protection of wolves, as environmentalists want greater

From EuroNews:

Wolves are back in Belgium and their growing presence is creating tensions with farmers, who fear for the safety of their livestock.

They want to reopen the debate on wolf hunting in Europe, which forbids it under both the EU’s Habitats Directive and the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitat.

 

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Pack of Wolves Casually strolls Amongst Huge Bison While Trying to Choose One to Hunt

From AZ Animals:

The hunt can be a vicious activity for wolves. Wolves hunt together in packs. This is the way they are able to hunt and chase down their prey smartly. Typically, prey that is much larger than they are. We can see here from the video below that in the face of dozens of massive animals, these wolves took their time to pick one out.

 

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New research pinpoints best locations for wolves in Colorado

From 9News:

COLORADO, USA — New research, published Monday, predicts where wolves could eventually thrive in Colorado. U.S. Forest Service Research Ecologist Dr. Mark Ditmer pinpointed wildernesses near Aspen: Hunter-Fryingpan and Collegiate Peaks.

“If they’re staying in large wilderness areas they’re less likely to be moving through public lands or causing potential conflict,” said Ditmer.

 

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Wolf zone expansion into counties with high livestock populations raise ire of farm groups

From Wisconsin State Farmer:

Many farmers and others who live or recreate in the northern half of Wisconsin view the current wolf management plan drafted by the Department of Natural Resources as more of a wolf protection plan or wolf population expansion plan rather than a serious plan to limit the state’s expanding gray wolf population to semi-wilderness areas that have a biologically sustainable carrying capacity.

Following several meetings of the Wolf Management Plan Committee during 2021, the DNR released the plan to the public just one day after the November 2022 elections. The plan would take effect once wolves were removed from the Endangered Species list. Responding to criticism, DNR released a slightly revised version Aug. 1. Several farm organizations expressed disappointment with both plans.

 

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Hunting wolves won’t save Bambi

From StarTribune:

Our point is that the billboard’s message is propaganda and its connection to wildlife management is logically flawed and not supported by the best available science.

The life of a deer fawn is perilous regardless of whether any of their predators are hunted or trapped, and sometimes even if there are no predators around at all. The majority of fawns will die, regardless of the cause. Some say fawns are born with a hoof or two in the grave.

 

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Endangered red wolves need space to stay wild: ‘We’ve got a long way to go’

From The Coastland Times:

In a way, the anecdote sums up the plight of this uniquely American species.  Once declared extinct in the wild, Canis rufus — the only wolf species found solely in the United States — was reintroduced in the late 1980s on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, just across the sound from eastern North Carolina’s famed Outer Banks. Over the next quarter century, it became a poster child for the Endangered Species Act and a model for efforts to bring back other species.

NL’s Outfitters Association Ups the Ante on Wolf and Coyote Research

From VOCM Local News Now:

The Newfoundland and Labrador Outfitters Association is helping with research on the province’s wolf and coyote populations.

For years, researchers have been collecting information on a growing grey wolf population on the island portion of the province. Wildlife officials have been collecting samples to determine whether an animal is a coyote, wolf, or a hybrid.

 

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