From The Humane Society of the United States:
MEEKER, Colo. — A wildlife expert who examined photos of dead cows obtained by the Humane Society of the United States in an open records request has concluded that wolves are not to blame for the deaths of 41 cattle whose bodies were found near Meeker, Colorado in 2022.
The examination of the photos comes after Colorado Parks and Wildlife stated in an October press release, “Colorado Parks and Wildlife is investigating a report of dead domestic cow calves on White River National Forest lands near Meeker that show damage consistent with wolf depredation.”
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Manitoba ranchers up in arms over wolf attacks
From The Western Producer:
For the last three years, Ray Bittner and a group of Manitoba livestock producers have been testing methods to reduce predation of cattle and sheep in the province.
They have tried things like flashing lights, temporary electric fencing, fladry wire (wire fence with long narrow fabric streamers) and predator-resistant pens.
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Politics over science: Experts slam Sweden’s wolf cull; say it should learn to live with large carnivores
From DownToEarth.org:
Experts on wolves have criticised the killing of 54 wolves in Sweden February 7, 2023, as part of a ‘wolf cull’. The cull was undertaken after wolves killed more than 340 sheep in 2021, according to Swedish farmers.
The Swedish government in Stockholm has authorised the shooting of 75 of the country’s 460 wolves in its 2023 cull, more than twice last year’s figure, The Guardian reported.
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Wolf expert exonerates wolves in the death of dozens of cattle in Colorado
From The Humane Society of the United States:
MEEKER, Colo. — A wildlife expert who examined photos of dead cows obtained by the Humane Society of the United States in an open records request has concluded that wolves are not to blame for the deaths of 41 cattle whose bodies were found near Meeker, Colorado in 2022.
The examination of the photos comes after Colorado Parks and Wildlife stated in an October press release, “Colorado Parks and Wildlife is investigating a report of dead domestic cow calves on White River National Forest lands near Meeker that show damage consistent with wolf depredation.”
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Canada: Snares set to catch problem wolves in Fort Good Hope after 2 dogs killed
From the CBC in Canada:
Two dogs in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., have died from wolf attacks, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) — and community members say the number could be higher.
ENR spokesperson Mike Westwick wrote in an email the department suspects the deaths stem from a confrontation with one wolf. He said ENR is setting up snares to remove the “problem wolves” from the community.
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Study: States And NPS Need To Reach Cooperative Goals On Wolves
From National Parks Traveler
Squeezed hard against the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park by a handful of the park’s other wolf packs, the Phantom Lake pack naturally would head north into Montana on its hunts, but last winter the predators loped into a death trap.
Hunters anxious to add a gray wolf to their trophy list killed roughly half of the pack’s 13 members, including what was believed to be the lead, or alpha, female, which often is the “glue” that holds a pack together.
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How humans break up wolf packs
From High Country News:
Packs are to wolves as families are to humans: They’re the species’ most essential social structure. The dynamics of a wolf pack — who its leaders are, how the members raise pups, how they hunt their prey, and how they respond to threats — determine the group’s survival.
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Idaho Fish and Game proposes new wolf management plan
From KTVB.com in Idaho:
IDAHO, USA — In Idaho, wolves play a unique part in the ecosystem.
“We’re a very special place,” said Suzanne Stone, International Wildlife Coexistence Network director. “There’s not many places in the world that are wild enough to be able to host animals like wolves.”
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Lack of population goal, fear of future hunts highlight wolf plan listening session
From the Wisconsin Examiner:
At a listening session over the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR) proposed new wolf management plan, members of the state’s Native American tribes and agricultural groups expressed doubts about proposed wolf hunts and the lack of a stated population goal.
The plan, which was unveiled last year, does away with a specific population goal for different regions of the state and instead moves to a so-called adaptive management system in which scientists assess whether the population in that zone needs to be increased, decreased or maintained.
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Wisconsin DNR hosts listening session for comments on the draft of the new wolf management plan
From WXPR.org in Wisconsin:
People shared their thoughts on the Wisconsin DNR’s new wolf management plan Tuesday night.
The DNR held a virtual listening session that lasted more than three hours.
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Colorado wildlife commission: Raise compensation for wolf depredation
From The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colorado:
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission on Tuesday moved to nearly double, to $15,000, the per-animal limit on how much agricultural producers would be compensated for livestock lost to wolf depredation under the agency’s draft wolf restoration and management plan.
The commission’s action came on Tuesday in a heavily attended public meeting in Rifle, on a day when the agency also reported that a North Park wolf fitted with a new GPS tracking collar just last week had already managed to slip out of that collar.
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