From The Fence Post:
In 2020, Colorado voters narrowly approved the reintroduction of gray wolves, which will happen later this year. New research from Colorado State University’s Regional Economic Development Institute estimates that the benefits to those who voted “yes” will be about $115 million per year, more than 50 times the estimated government spending for ranchers experiencing losses due to predation.
Almost 90% of those benefits fall in the Front Range, where very few people will ever encounter a wolf, explained Dana Hoag, lead author of the study and agriculture and resource economics professor. On the other side, about 5.4% of those same benefits fall on the Western Slope, where almost all of the costs will occur.
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Two Wolf Bills Earn Governor’s Approval, Third Could Fall Prey to a Veto
From Westword.com:
The pack of wolf reintroduction bills that has been making its way through the Colorado Legislature over the past few months has officially passed — but one of the pieces of legislation could soon fall prey to a veto from Governor Jared Polis.
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Program announces birth of endangered wolves once found in Tennessee
From WATE.com:
MANTEO, N.C. (WATE) — A litter of highly endangered red wolf pups was born a few weeks ago, according to the Red Wolf Recovery Program.
The program, which is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says the litter consisting of three females and two males was born during the second week of April. Per the Fish and Wildlife Service, the species was historically found in a wide range of the southeast, including East Tennessee. Their range extended from Texas up to New York.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hints at veto of bill that could delay gray wolf reintroduction
From The Denver Post:
It’s now been nearly three years since Colorado voters narrowly approved a ballot measure calling for the reintroduction of gray wolves.
Since then, state wildlife managers have held numerous hearings on the topic and written a detailed plan to manage the predators. All of those efforts have aimed toward a deadline in the text of the law approved by voters: Dec. 31, 2023.
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Mysterious canine sighting in Vestavia: Have the wolves returned?
From AL.com:
A Vestavia Hills resident’s Reddit post showing a video of a mysterious canine creature roaming free set online tongues wagging about whether it was a wolf, a wolfdog, a coyote or something else.
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Mummified Dogs in Ancient Egypt: Were They Pets, Sacrifices or Wolves?
From Haaretz:
Identifying the species or breeds of long-dead canines before the era of fashionable disfigurement in dogs can be difficult. Now a new technique finds some answers in the Saqqara necropolis of Egypt.
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Prized for genetics, red wolves growing up at LBL
From The News-Enterprise:
A cool wind gives the branches a consistent rustle, early sunlight filters through the overgrowth and four 1-year-olds come out to play.
Trace, Piney, Ginger and Sugar sniff and creep, chase off a large crow intent on invading their enclosure, race to the other side, hide behind a hill and cautiously peer out again, huddling together with their mom or dad.
The four red wolf pups, born last spring at the Land Between the Lakes’ Woodlands Nature Station, came as an unexpected and very valuable litter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Red Wolf Recovery Program.
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German farmers concerned about livestock amid rising wolf attacks
From Al Jazeera English:
Farmers in Germany are calling for stricter measures against wolves following an increase in attacks on their livestock. Wolves, protected under European Union law, have made a comeback in Western Europe after being extinct for more than a century.
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Working on the Wolf Beat as an agricultural journalist
From 9News.com:
WIGGINS, Colo. — Words are kind of Rachel Gabel’s thing.
She has been a writer since she was a kid. Years later, she is writing for kids–she’s penned four children’s books.
“I think I’ve always written,” Gabel said, as she read one of her books, “The Wooly Way,” to a group of fourth graders at Beaver Valley Elementary in Brush, CO. “I don’t remember a time when I haven’t written–I think the way I look at things, I can see the story that’s there.”
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Final approval to reintroduce wolves in the Western Slope
From Fox 21 News:
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — On Wednesday, May 3, the Parks and Wildlife Commission voted on the final approval for the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan meaning wolves will be reintroduced in the Western Slope by the end of this year.
“A really big deal for us, a milestone, kind of a monumental event,” Public Information Officer at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Travis Duncan, said. “It was the result, the culmination of more than two years of really extensive statewide stakeholder meetings and outreach with a series of public hearings and collecting feedback from folks from all over Colorado.”
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Balancing the economic wins, losses from the reintroduction of wolves
From The Fence Post:
In 2020, Colorado voters narrowly approved the reintroduction of gray wolves, which will happen later this year. New research from Colorado State University’s Regional Economic Development Institute estimates that the benefits to those who voted “yes” will be about $115 million per year, more than 50 times the estimated government spending for ranchers experiencing losses due to predation.
Almost 90% of those benefits fall in the Front Range, where very few people will ever encounter a wolf, explained Dana Hoag, lead author of the study and agriculture and resource economics professor. On the other side, about 5.4% of those same benefits fall on the Western Slope, where almost all of the costs will occur.
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