From Boise State Public Radio:
We’ve heard a lot of stories about wolf recovery in Idaho and about grizzly bear recovery and about bringing buffalo back to the West, but we haven’t heard much about how they all work together on the landscape and how important it is for them to coexist with each other.
Many of the people who are working to keep these animals in the west are now working together and they’re hosting a series of talks called “Coexistence: Stories from Wolf, Grizzly Bear, and Buffalo Country.” From Ketchum to Boise, they’re spreading the word about why coexistence is so important.
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Wolves vs. Cougars: New Study Reveals Who Really Dominates Yellowstone
From SciTechDaily.com:
New research shows that encounters between wolves and cougars in Yellowstone National Park are shaped mainly by wolves taking over prey that cougars have already killed. The study also finds that cougars reduce the risk of these encounters by shifting their diet toward smaller animals, which they can consume more quickly and abandon before wolves arrive.
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King Mountain wolf pack patriarch dies during collar operations in Routt County [Colorado]
From SteamboatPilot.com:
The patriarch of the King Mountain wolf pack died during a collaring operation in Routt County on Jan. 28, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Tuesday.
The male wolf, tagged 2305, was around 3 years old and among those translocated from Oregon in December 2023. The wolf’s death marks the second this year and the 12th of the 25 wolves Colorado has translocated as part of its gray wolf reintroduction effort.
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Cody Roberts case proceeds as [Wyoming] judge rules wolf’s treatment not covered by predator exemption
From WyoFile.com:
A district court judge who hinted last week he wasn’t persuaded by arguments for dismissing the animal cruelty case against Cody Roberts filed an order Tuesday explaining why he was instead sending the high-profile case toward a trial.
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‘Coexistence is possible:’ Conservation leaders share stories from wolf, grizzly and buffalo country
From Boise State Public Radio:
We’ve heard a lot of stories about wolf recovery in Idaho and about grizzly bear recovery and about bringing buffalo back to the West, but we haven’t heard much about how they all work together on the landscape and how important it is for them to coexist with each other.
Many of the people who are working to keep these animals in the west are now working together and they’re hosting a series of talks called “Coexistence: Stories from Wolf, Grizzly Bear, and Buffalo Country.” From Ketchum to Boise, they’re spreading the word about why coexistence is so important.
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USU ecologists weigh in on wolves killed near Avon
From HJ News:
Three days after the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources confirmed the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food’s lethal removal of three wolves found west of Avon, Utah State University ecologists weighed in on the subject, as reported by Utah State Today.
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Renewed popularity of wolf documentary reveals China’s ongoing commitment to biodiversity and wetland protection
From Global Times:
In recent months, a documentary released in 2017, Return to the Wolves, has seen a surge of renewed attention years after its release, bringing wolves – a species native to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau – back into the public eye.
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We are facing unprovoked attack on Mexican wolves
From Arizona Capitol Times:
On Jan. 22, the House Natural Resources Committee overwhelmingly approved Rep. Paul Gosar’s “Enhancing Safety for Animals” bill. It would remove Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection from Mexican wolves, the smallest, shyest and most endangered wolf subspecies.
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Colorado’s ‘out of control’ costs tied to wolf attacks on livestock come under fire by lawmaker
From The Aspen Times:
As Colorado continues the voter-mandated reintroduction of gray wolves, the state is continuing to refine and improve its process for preventing, investigating, and reporting livestock losses from the predator. This could include changes to how it publicly reports wolf attacks on livestock.
Since Colorado Parks and Wildlife began the gray wolf restoration in December 2023, it has confirmed 51 events of wolf predation on livestock, according to its online tracker.
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Wolf spotted in Truckee, officials said
From KOLO 8 News Now:
TRUCKEE, Calif. (KOLO) – A wolf has been spotted on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife tracking map in the Truckee area, according to a Sunday, Feb. 1, Truckee Police and Town of Truckee Facebook post.
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Gray wolves are hunting sea otters – but we still don’t know how
From earth.com:
Have you ever imagined a wolf diving into the ocean to hunt? On a remote island in Alaska, this surprising scene is becoming real.
Gray wolves on Prince of Wales Island have started hunting sea otters, an animal usually linked with kelp forests and coastal waters, not forests and predators with paws.
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