From the Independent in the UK:
A study that evaluated the reactions of dogs to wolf howls has found conclusive evidence that some breeds were more likely to reply with their own howls than others.
Wolves typically use howls for long-distance communication with others, to mark territory boundaries and to define the position of other wolves, which, in most cases, also reply with howling, explained scientists, including those from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary.
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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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Colorado Parks and Wildlife: No proof that wolves killed calves in Meeker
From KDVR.com:
MEEKER, Colo. (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife found no evidence that wolves were in the area last fall when several calves were killed near Meeker. CPW had launched an investigation into the 2022 deaths that were consistent with wolf depredation.
In October 2022, CPW investigated a report of dead domestic cow calves on White River National Forest lands near Meeker that showed damage consistent with wolf depredation.
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Study finds which dogs are more likely to reply to wolf howls
From the Independent in the UK:
A study that evaluated the reactions of dogs to wolf howls has found conclusive evidence that some breeds were more likely to reply with their own howls than others.
Wolves typically use howls for long-distance communication with others, to mark territory boundaries and to define the position of other wolves, which, in most cases, also reply with howling, explained scientists, including those from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary.
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Hunters shoot dead 54 wolves in Sweden’s largest ever cull
From The Guardian:
The Stockholm government has authorised the shooting of 75 wolves in its 2023 cull, more than twice last year’s figure, despite warnings from scientists that wolf numbers are not large enough to sustain a healthy population.
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Wisconsin: Tiffany re-introduces legislation to remove gray wolves from endangered species list
From WXPR in Wisconsin:
Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany is once again introducing legislation to federally de-list gray wolves.
The “Trust the Science Act” would remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list and return management control to states.
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