From Le News:
An increasing number of livestock are being attacked by wolves in Switzerland as their numbers increase. Some environmentalists argue wolves are part of the natural ecosystem and therefore should be protected. However, many farmers object to having their livestock attacked. A new anti-wolf collar, that can be worn by sheep, goats and cows, may help to please both sides.
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Wolves in Europe: Commission urges local authorities to make full use of existing derogations and collects data for conservation status review
From European Commission:
The return of the wolf to EU regions where it has been absent for a long time is increasingly leading to conflicts with local farming and hunting communities, especially where measures to prevent attacks on livestock are not widely implemented. The Commission is launching today a new phase in its work on addressing the challenges related to the return of wolves.
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Dan Stahler selected as leader of Yellowstone National Park’s Wolf Project
“Dan Stahler has been selected as the new leader of Yellowstone National Park’s Wolf Project. A 21-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), Stahler succeeds Doug Smith, who retired at the end of December 2022.”
https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/23036.htm
After more than 100 years, gray wolves reappear in Giant Sequoia National Monument
Policy framework for coexisting with wolves, bears and mountain lions could benefit both people and the environment
From Greenwich Time:
For conservation scientists like me, it also underscored that Americans have a fraught relationship with large carnivores like wolves, bears and mountain lions. My colleagues and I have proposed a federal policy that, when combined with other initiatives, could allow for sustainable coexistence between people and carnivores.
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Crying wolf to save livestock and their predator
From Phys.org:
The pair of unlikely herders are among several hundred people volunteering this summer through OPPAL, a Swiss NGO seeking a novel way to protect wolves, by helping chase them away from grazing livestock.
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Wolf packs roaming deeper into California. How likely is it you’ll see one in the wild?
From the Fresno Bee:
For years, people have claimed to have seen wolves across California, including the central San Joaquin Valley. But for a few rare cases, they’ve rarely been confirmed.
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Washington Fish and Wildlife considering lethal removal of wolves in Asotin County
From The Spokesman-Review:
According to an agency communication, wolves have killed six cattle in four separate attacks in the county since May 21. Under the state’s wolf management plan, lethal control of wolves can be considered following four confirmed depredation events within a 10-month period.
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Switzerland tests new anti-wolf collar
From Le News:
An increasing number of livestock are being attacked by wolves in Switzerland as their numbers increase. Some environmentalists argue wolves are part of the natural ecosystem and therefore should be protected. However, many farmers object to having their livestock attacked. A new anti-wolf collar, that can be worn by sheep, goats and cows, may help to please both sides.
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FWP reduces wolf kill quotas after 2 years of population decline
From Missoula Current:
After two years of wolf population declines, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has lowered kill quotas for Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping season. But allowing early wolf trapping in more areas may threaten some grizzly bears.
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Gray wolf recovery: conservationists discuss the challenges of success
From Phys.org:
Over the past 30 years, efforts to recover gray wolf populations in the United States have been broadly successful, with many regions now sporting robust populations of the carnivore. Writing in BioScience, wolf experts David E. Ausband and L. David Mech describe the conservation landscape and also the obstacles that wolves face as their populations expand into their historical ranges.
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