From Yahoo.com:
Two years after Coloradoans voted to reintroduce gray wolves in the state’s western slope, the issue is raising concerns in neighboring Utah. Specifically, ranchers and hunters in the Beehive State worry that predators will adversely affect their livestock and prey animals, respectively.
Kirk Robinson, Ph.D, is the founder and executive director of the Western Wildlife Conservancy. Recently, Robinson wrote an opinion piece for The Salt Lake Tribune regarding the gray wolf issue. Robinson argues that while certain concerns are valid, misinformation is obscuring the facts.
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Indian wolf found dead in Daund forest, officials suspect deadly canine disease
From The Times of India:
Pune: Forest authorities in Daund tehsil of of the district said on Monday they suspect that canine distemper likely caused the death of an Indian wolf that was found decomposed in the Hingnigada forest area.
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Investigation Continues into February 2022 Poisoning of 6 Wolves in Northeast Washington State
From Big Country News:
COLVILLE, WA – For the past eleven months, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police have been investigating six wolf deaths within the Wedge Pack territory in Stevens County, near Colville in northeast Washington state. Toxicology results revealed all six wolves died from ingesting poison.
Initially, investigators found four animals in late February, and within a month during searches of the area, WDFW found two additional wolves.
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As Colorado Brings Back Wolves, Utah Faces Misinformation
From Yahoo.com:
Two years after Coloradoans voted to reintroduce gray wolves in the state’s western slope, the issue is raising concerns in neighboring Utah. Specifically, ranchers and hunters in the Beehive State worry that predators will adversely affect their livestock and prey animals, respectively.
Kirk Robinson, Ph.D, is the founder and executive director of the Western Wildlife Conservancy. Recently, Robinson wrote an opinion piece for The Salt Lake Tribune regarding the gray wolf issue. Robinson argues that while certain concerns are valid, misinformation is obscuring the facts.
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What’s a day like at the biggest wolf hunt in Swedish history?
From The Local in Sweden:
It starts one minute after midnight on January 2nd, deep in the beautiful snow-covered countryside. A small party of hunters start tracking the wolves. Two wolves are found in the woods between Gävleborg and Dalarna län, which share a revir (wolf territory). This particular wolf territory is called “Tinäs”.
At 6am, the hunters have a morning meeting and then 150 hunters disperse to the different “quadrants” to go to their “pass”. A pass is the point a hunter will stand or sit, waiting for the wolves to come their way.
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Wisconsin DNR extends new wolf plan comment period
From TMJ4.com:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are giving people more time to comment on their new wolf management plan.
The state Department of Natural Resources released their first new wolf plan in almost 25 years in November. The plan doesn’t include a specific statewide population goal, recommending instead that the DNR with the help of advisory committees monitor decide whether to reduce local populations, keep them stable or let them grow.
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Wanted: the wolf that killed the EU president’s prized pony
From the nationalpost.com:
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Oregon: Two wolf attacks reported in High Valley in late December
From News.Yahoo.com:
Jan. 4—UNION COUNTY — Wolves in the High Valley area of Union County made their violent presence felt at the end of December.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reporting that “new” wolves in the Catherine Creek Wildlife Management Unit killed two calves on private land in separate attacks.
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How Colorado Plans to Reintroduce Wolves on Western Slope by 2023 Deadline
From the Pagosa Daily Post:
Colorado could be less than a year away from the state’s first relocation of gray wolves to parts of the Western Slope, as required by a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2020.
A draft plan released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife last month calls for the reintroduction of 10 to 15 wolves per year over the next three to five years, with an initial target of a stable population of at least 50 animals within the state. (You can download the 293-page plan here.)
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Fairytale return makes the wolf a folk devil again
From The Times in the UK:
“The wolves are running” is the haunting refrain in John Masefield’s classic seasonal tale The Box of Delights, and this winter the predator is back on the menace.
While Kay Harker and his friends have the magical powers of Old England to ward off the threat, on mainland Europe there is little anybody can do.
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A collared wolf from Michigan’s U.P. roamed more than 4,000 miles before it was killed
From MLive.com:
When a hunter in Manitoba, Canada legally shot and killed a gray wolf in early December, a radio collar found around its neck was the first clue to the incredible journey this animal had been on. The wolf had been collared in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the summer of 2021, and its GPS data since then showed this wolf’s multi-state and two-country trek was one for the record books.
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