From APG-wi.com:
MADISON — If you look up the definition of “night rider,” you’ll find the word has a disturbing history. Here it is. “A night rider is a member of a secret group that rides on horseback at night to commit acts of violence, terror and intimidation.”
Night riders on ATVs, not horseback, are now roaming selected locations in northern Wisconsin with the intention of intimidating, maybe even terrorizing, a small segment of our outdoor Wisconsin wolves.
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Night riders protect livestock from wolves
From APG-wi.com:
MADISON — If you look up the definition of “night rider,” you’ll find the word has a disturbing history. Here it is. “A night rider is a member of a secret group that rides on horseback at night to commit acts of violence, terror and intimidation.”
Night riders on ATVs, not horseback, are now roaming selected locations in northern Wisconsin with the intention of intimidating, maybe even terrorizing, a small segment of our outdoor Wisconsin wolves.
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Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park
From BBC.com:
An eight-year-old girl has been seriously injured in a wolf attack at a German wildlife park.
She was inside an enclosure at the Johannismühle park in Brandenburg, south of Berlin, with a staff member and two other children when the attack happened, police said.
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Culling of wolves and foxes: regulated hunting allowed in Chernihiv Oblast [Ukraine]
From EcoPoliltic.com:
From November to February, a regulated cull of animals will be carried out in Chernihiv Oblast. Hunters have been allowed to kill “predatory and harmful animals”, which include wolves, foxes and raccoon dogs, among others.
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How evolutionary biology became an unwilling ally of the manosphere
From The Conversation:
From steroid use to “bone smashing”, the “looksmaxxing” movement is only the latest example of the manosphere’s toxic hold on young people.
Less obvious is the role ecologists have unwittingly played in its rise. Contemporary male supremacist arguments routinely borrow from evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology, and that should give ecologists pause.
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Banff wolf pup put down to ‘prevent further suffering’ after fight with bull elk
From Rocky Mountain Outlook:
BANFF – A critically injured wolf pup has been put down in Banff National Park after a fight with a bull elk went wrong.
Parks Canada officials say the wolf pup approached a large bull elk on the morning of Oct. 12.
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Colorado wolf activity stretches across Western Slope in October
From the Aspen Times:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s monthly activity map illustrates which watersheds collared gray wolves traveled in between Sept. 22-Oct. 27. GPS points are recorded roughly every four hours, which can lead to gaps between the highlighted watersheds, as wolves often travel large distances in short periods of time.
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Tom Tiffany says wolf management could help bring back deer hunting in northern Wisconsin
From WIZMNews.com:
U.S. House Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Minocqua) says wolf management could help bring back deer hunting in northern Wisconsin.
Tiffany, the Wisconsin Republican candidate for governor, says wolves are contributing to declining deer herds in northern Wisconsin, making it harder to attract younger hunters to the sport.
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A Wild Wolf Pulled a Sunken Crab Trap Ashore by Its Rope, and Scientists Argue Over What It Means
From MedicalDaily.com:
Something on British Columbia’s central coast was wrecking crab traps. Beginning in 2023, traps set in a Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation program to control invasive European green crabs kept turning up damaged with the bait gone, including traps in water deep enough that they were never exposed, even at low tide.
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Female gray wolf still in Tulare County [California]
From The Porterville Recorder:
The female gray wolf who came back to Tulare County earlier this month is still in the county and appeared to be heading north again to Sequoia National Park.
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72-year-old worker injured in [Canada] wolf attack while delivering supplies
From TheSafetyMag.com:
A 72-year-old contractor delivering supplies to Cameco’s Key Lake mill in Saskatchewan was bitten by a wolf on Oct. 17 while inspecting his truck on Highway 914, a reminder that wildlife hazards follow workers beyond the mine gate.
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