From Mongabay.com:
In Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, fear has gripped villages after a series of suspected wolf attacks left six people dead and several others injured. Experts, however, question whether wolves are truly behind the attacks, pointing instead to shrinking habitats, seasonal floods, and the growing presence of feral dogs or hybrids as possible causes.
Wildlife biologists call for genetic testing and research-based investigations, stressing that fear and misinformation are deepening human-animal conflict in a landscape where wolves have long coexisted with people.
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New Mexico Fish and Game stops wandering wolf “Taylor” in his tracks, sends him south for the second time
From WesternWatersheds.org:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Conservation groups are condemning the decision by the New Mexico Department of Fish and Game (NMDFG) to remove a wandering male Mexican gray wolf from the northern part of the state late last week.
His removal marks the second time that the agency has tried to confine him south of Interstate 40, asserting that wolves must stay within the arbitrary bounds of the Mexican Gray Wolf Experimental Population Area (MWEPA), which represents only some of the suitable wolf habitat in the Southwest and which was delineated for political rather than scientific reasons.
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A Colorado doctor wanted the facts on wolf reintroduction. So he created a watchdog group on Facebook.
From ColoradoSun.com:
John Michael Williams thinks Colorado is withholding information on reintroduced wolves from citizens. In changing that, did he create an extremist group?
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Bergman urges delisting of the gray wolf from endangered species list
From TheAlpenaNews.com:
Washington – Rep. Jack Bergman and a coalition of House Members are calling on newly confirmed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Brian Nesvik to immediately delist the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and return management authority to states and local tribes.
In a letter sent to Director Nesvik, Rep. Bergman and 24 of his colleagues congratulated him on his confirmation and urged the FWS to rely on science – not politics – in determining the gray wolf’s current status.
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[Oregon] Area ranchers alarmed by livestock losses to growing Grouse Ridge wolf pack
From RogueValleyTimes.com
Cattle ranchers in the remote area between Butte Falls and Prospect say they’re not crying wolf about an alarming increase in the number of cattle being killed by gray wolves who reportedly are growing in both population and brazenness.
Butte Falls rancher Ron Anderson, 81, reported between one and three encounters per night between his cattle and a pack of up to 14 wolves that den near his Rancheria cattle ranch, stalk and kill cattle during day and nighttime hours and have attacked and fed on calves just steps away from the front door of his home.
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Wolf killed in an accident in the province of Antwerp
From BrusselsTimes.com:
The animal welfare group Welkom Wolf received a report early Friday morning regarding a wolf killed in a road accident in Geel. The accident, which happened at around 2:00 am, resulted in the death of the wolf but caused only minor damage to the vehicle involved. Photos confirmed that the animal was a European wolf, according to Jan Loos from the organisation Landschap.
The animal’s remains were collected by a shelter in Oudsbergen and will later be transferred to the Flemish Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO).
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Special hunts and the limits of recreational hunting [Switzerland]
From WildBeimWild.com:
The 2025 hunting season will see a significant increase in special hunts in several Swiss cantons. While authorities consider recreational hunting necessary to regulate allegedly “excessive” game populations and protect the forest, the IG Wild beim Wild (Interest Group for Wildlife) sharply criticizes this approach.
Official hunting policy still ignores natural regulators like the wolf, follows economic interests, and thereby endangers biodiversity and consumer health.
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Another reintroduced wolf from Canada has died, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says
From TheFencePost.com:
Another of Colorado’s reintroduced gray wolves has died, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The agency said in a Friday news release that it received a mortality alert from a female gray wolf’s collar on Oct. 30. Parks and Wildlife said the death took place in southwest Colorado.
CPW said the cause of death won’t be known until an investigation, including a necropsy, is completed. The investigation is being handled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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As wolf attacks rise, villagers and scientists hunt for answers [Bahraich, India]
From Mongabay.com:
In Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, fear has gripped villages after a series of suspected wolf attacks left six people dead and several others injured. Experts, however, question whether wolves are truly behind the attacks, pointing instead to shrinking habitats, seasonal floods, and the growing presence of feral dogs or hybrids as possible causes.
Wildlife biologists call for genetic testing and research-based investigations, stressing that fear and misinformation are deepening human-animal conflict in a landscape where wolves have long coexisted with people.
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Feds Say They Won’t Craft a Nationwide Wolf Recovery Plan, Opening the Door to Delisting
From OutdoorLife.com:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday it would no longer write a national wolf recovery plan because gray wolves no longer need endangered or threatened species protections under the Endangered Species Act.
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What happens to ecosystems when you restore iconic top predators? It’s more complicated than you might think.
From UCSC.edu:
A new study analyzes findings from more than 170 papers to clarify what we know so far about the ecological impacts of large carnivore recovery in North America and what mysteries still remain.
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