From AspenDailyNews.com:
The article on wolves by M. John Fayhee (“The howling: Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program off to a rocky start,” Jan. 19, Aspen Daily News) points out the frustration with Colorado’s wolf translocation program. This frustration is understandable, and I empathize with rural residents and Indigenous communities in the state. Even from the outside, it’s clear that voting on wildlife management via ballot proposals is not beneficial for people or wildlife.
However, there are several inaccuracies in this article about British Columbia, its wolves, and the province’s caribou that need clarification.
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Colorado Wolf Map Shows Animals Traveling Further Than Ever Before
From Newsweek.com:
A female gray wolf traveled in watersheds—alongside natural water sources such as rivers and streams—in Chaffee, Park and Fremont counties in January, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s monthly tracking map, released on Wednesday.
This is further southeast than any of the state’s collared wolves have ventured, The Denver Post reported. All other wolves seemingly remained in and around Summit, Grand, Jackson, Routt and Garfield counties.
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Anderson: Wolves more likely to be delisted under Trump, but whether deer numbers increase is uncertain
From The Minnesota Star Tribune:
President Donald Trump didn’t mention wolves in his inauguration speech on Monday. But that doesn’t mean change isn’t coming in the way these apex predators are managed.
With the help of the Republican-controlled Congress, such a change is possible, if not probable. Whether deer numbers in northern Minnesota increase as a result, addressing the frustrations of whitetail hunters in that part of the state, is another question.
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Czechia growls at Slovakia in wolf hunting row
From Euractiv.com:
Slovakia’s decision to reintroduce wolf hunting has outraged Czechia, who fear it could endanger the wolf population of the Beskid Mountains, which stretches from Czechia to Slovakia, as well as violate EU rules.
Wolves are still protected in Czechia and are also covered by the EU’s Habitats Directive. Czechia included them on its national list of protected species under the directive, which is not the case in Slovakia, meaning any wolves straying across the border are at risk of being killed.
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Bills seek to ramp up wolf killing in Montana
From MissoulaCurrent.com:
The two of first three wolf bills heard in the 2025 Legislature would mandate more drastic measures in order to drive Montana’s wolf population down to a minimum not seen since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first tried to delist the wolf in 2008.
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Colorado’s wolves could be east of the Continental Divide for the first time
From KVDR.com:
DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado’s wolf population now has 29 members, according to state officials, and one of the population members is “exploring” a watershed in what Colorado Parks and Wildlife called southeastern Colorado.
On Wednesday, the state released its first monthly movement map since the release of 15 Canadian gray wolves and the five surviving members of the Copper Creek pack. The 20 wolves were released into Eagle and Pitkin counties between Jan. 12 and 18 and were released both north and south of Interstate 70.
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Wolf transfer from B.C. to Colorado complete, but state wildlife staff ‘threatened’
From The Toronto Star:
The capture of 15 grey wolves in British Columbia and their release in Colorado is complete, an operation that led to unspecified threats against staff with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the agency said in a statement.
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The truth about British Columbia’s wolves
From AspenDailyNews.com:
The article on wolves by M. John Fayhee (“The howling: Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program off to a rocky start,” Jan. 19, Aspen Daily News) points out the frustration with Colorado’s wolf translocation program. This frustration is understandable, and I empathize with rural residents and Indigenous communities in the state. Even from the outside, it’s clear that voting on wildlife management via ballot proposals is not beneficial for people or wildlife.
However, there are several inaccuracies in this article about British Columbia, its wolves, and the province’s caribou that need clarification.
Click here for the full story.
Female wolf confirmed in Luxembourg: predator behind sheep deaths identified
From RTL TODAY:
In December, two sheep were found dead in a meadow in the Dahl region, killed by a predator. The Nature and Forest Agency (ANF) has now confirmed that the predator was a wolf.
At the end of December, the ANF issued a press release stating that, based on an initial assessment, a wolf could not be ruled out as the culprit. To confirm the predator’s identity, samples were taken from bite marks on one of the sheep in hopes of extracting sufficient saliva containing usable DNA.
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[Montana] Legislative committee hears bills easing restrictions on wolf hunting
From NBCMontana.com:
HELENA, Mont. — In front of a packed house, the Montana House’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee convened for well over four hours on Tuesday evening, hearing bills that deal directly with the controversial issue of wolf hunting throughout Montana.
House Bill 176 requires an unlimited quota if there are more than 450 wolves in the state, rather than the current quotas by region. The bill keeps the current season structure in place.
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Moose captured locking antlers on Voyageurs Wolf Project trail cam
From BringMeTheNews.com:
The Voyageurs Wolf Project isn’t just conducting important research on ecosystems in northern Minnesota, it also entertains from time to time.
This week, the University of Minnesota research project shared trail camera footage of moose tussling in the snowy north. “Cool footage of 2 bull moose sparring from just 2 weeks ago,” it shared to social media.
It isn’t just a wildly impressive angle of the head-to-head match, but a third bull joins in at the end.
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