From ColoradoPolitics.com:
The state wolf compensation fund, set at $350,000 by statute last year, saw claims from 2024 that are approaching double that amount.
Data obtained through an open records request to Colorado Parks and Wildlife showed that the agency paid out $425,478.61 in claims.
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Sparking Curiosity For Conservation
From AZA.org:
Anyone can swim with whale sharks, scout red wolves, or climb with koalas—all through the immersive lens of animal tracking maps.
On a mission to make helping wildlife fun and interactive, conservation-focused brand Fahlo partners with nonprofits working with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and SAFE: Saving Animals From Extinction® to bring threatened species’ real-world journeys to life.
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First wolf crosses into the [Colorado] San Juans
From TellurideNews.com:
Eighteen months after reintroduction, a lone female wolf roamed into the San Juan and Animas watersheds.
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Coastal wolf found dead in lair on Alaskan island – dissection reveals curious thing that caused it
From BBC Wildlife Magazine:
Scientists investigating the coastal wolf’s death tested tissue samples for viruses, disease, algal toxins and contaminants. Here’s what they found…
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CDFW Launching Pilot Effort to Reduce Gray Wolf Attacks on [California] Livestock
From Wildlife.ca.gov:
Working with local agencies, law enforcement and agricultural partners, the department will implement the effort in Sierra, Plumas and Siskiyou counties
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They’re only 10 days old, but these Missouri wolf pups’ ‘life-changing’ journey will help save their species
From KSDK.com:
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The eyes of six newly born Mexican wolf pups hadn’t even opened when they started a life-changing journey across the U.S.
The six 10-day-old tiny pups recently embarked on a flight from Missouri to New Mexico in hopes of helping save their species from extinction, according to St. Louis County’s Endangered Wolf Center.
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Time Machine: 30 years ago, wildlife officials say wolf reintroduction will be difficult in Colorado
From VailDaily.com:
In a story about how coyotes have proliferated in Colorado despite efforts to eradicate them, the Vail Trail reported that wildlife officials suspected that reintroducing wolves to Colorado “would be difficult partly because the coyote has filled the predatorial niche wolves once occupied.”
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Wyoming History: How The Custer Wolf Got The Best Of A Famed Outlaw Hunter
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
Wyoming’s premier hunter “High Powered” Williams, who had once bested a Hole-in-the-Wall gang member, finally met his match in the 1920s. But it wasn’t another outlaw, it was the notorious Custer wolf that was terrorizing the countryside.
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Endangered wolf pups born in Missouri fostered into wild dens
From Fox2Now.com:
The Endangered Wolf Center in St. Louis announced that efforts to help six endangered Mexican Wolf Pups born in the state.
The Mexican wolf, according to the center, is a keystone species, as less than 300 exist in the wild.
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Colorado ranchers claim nearly $650k in wolf attacks, but CPW data shows discrepancies
From ColoradoPolitics.com:
The state wolf compensation fund, set at $350,000 by statute last year, saw claims from 2024 that are approaching double that amount.
Data obtained through an open records request to Colorado Parks and Wildlife showed that the agency paid out $425,478.61 in claims.
Click here for the full story.
Swiss government forbids use of donkeys to protect against wolf attacks
From SwissInfo.ch:
Farmers in the northern Jura mountain region will not be able to use donkeys to protect their herds of sheep and goats against wolf attacks. The Swiss government considers this practice to be contrary to the law. The cantons will no longer be able to issue exemptions.
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