From the Montana Free Press:
A handful of environmental groups are seeking the emergency re-listing of Northern Rockies gray wolves after lawmakers in Montana and Idaho passed several new laws aimed at aggressively reducing their numbers.
In a petition filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States and Sierra Club argue that decades of progress toward wolf recovery will be lost if the agency doesn’t intervene by restoring federal protections to the animals under the Endangered Species Act.
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CPW puts wolf cubs under observation
From the Montrose Press in Colorado:
A Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologist and CPW district wildlife manager each independently reported visual confirmation of multiple pups with wolves M2101 and F1084. While these observations were necessarily made at long distance, CPW staff have recorded three separate, but similar, sightings of pups on the ground in Colorado.
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US wildlife managers tout wolf cross-fostering efforts
From ABCNews:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A record 22 captive-born Mexican gray wolf pups have been placed into dens in the wild in the southwestern U.S. to be raised by surrogate packs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday.
The agency called this year’s cross-fostering season a success, saying the endangered predators that have been part of the fostering program over the last six years have helped to boost genetic diversity among the wild population in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Michigan: State Senate panel debates wolf council bill
From uppermichiganssource.com:
LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – Upper Michigan is home to the state’s entire wolf population, according to the Michigan DNR.
The debate over a wolf hunting season has been ongoing after the animal population rebounded to nearly 700 over the last 30 years.
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Wolf hunting to be banned in Spain but divisions persist over predator
From The Olive Press in Spain:
The wolf has divided society for centuries but now it will be protected in Spain after a ban on hunting comes into action from September.
The Spanish government will declare the wolf a “wild animal under special protection” which means hunting it is illegal.
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Idaho’s new wolf law has prompted a petition that could relist the animals as endangered
From KPVI.com:
Critics of an Idaho wolf law approved earlier this month have launched a petition that could reinstate Endangered Species Act protections for wolves that were lifted a decade ago.
The Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity announced Wednesday that they petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reinstate protections for wolves in a move prompted by laws in Idaho and Montana.
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Environmental groups ask feds for emergency re-listing of Northern Rockies wolves
From the Montana Free Press:
A handful of environmental groups are seeking the emergency re-listing of Northern Rockies gray wolves after lawmakers in Montana and Idaho passed several new laws aimed at aggressively reducing their numbers.
In a petition filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States and Sierra Club argue that decades of progress toward wolf recovery will be lost if the agency doesn’t intervene by restoring federal protections to the animals under the Endangered Species Act.
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Biologists Mis-Sexed A Colorado Wolf. Now It May Have Given Birth To The State’s First Wolf Pups Since The 1940s
From Colorado Public Radio:
A pair of Colorado wolves may not be a set of bachelors after all.
On Thursday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced it had mischaracterized two wolves first seen in northern Colorado earlier this year. State biologists previously believed the animals were male “hunting partners” that had wandered in from Wyoming.
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Interior Secretary Haaland asked to protect wolves from laws allowing unlimited killing
From The American Independent:
Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republicans-backed laws in Idaho and Montana made it much easier to kill the predators.
The Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society and Sierra Club filed a legal petition asking Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to use her emergency authority to return thousands of wolves in the region to protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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Wisconsin DNR board begins revision process of wolf season rules
From WBAY.com:
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Policy Board has started the process of revising the state’s wolf hunt rules.
Board members are considering whether to ban hunting at night, and also shorten the window for registering kills.
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New study shows wolves save Wisconsin residents $10.9 million annually because of reduction in deer-vehicle crashes