From ThePortugalNews.com:
According to the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF), after being questioned by Lusa news agency, there were 22 reports of incidents involving wolves in the Mirandês Plateau during this period, in the municipalities of Vimioso, Miranda do Douro and Mogadouro, in the district of Bragança.
“In these incidents, some still in the process of being confirmed as to their attribution to wolves, 113 animals were affected, the vast majority (107) being sheep. In total, 83 animals died”. According to the ICNF, “all damage caused by wolves is compensated whenever it is confirmed, through expert analysis, that the damage is effectively attributable to the species.”
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Colorado wants wolves from Washington state for its next round of reintroductions
From CPR.org:
Colorado is back on the wolf market — and it’s looking to Washington state to supply the carnivores for its next round of reintroductions, planned for this winter.
Gov. Jared Polis recently spoke to Washington Gov. Bob Furguson about obtaining wolves, according to Staci Lehman, a spokesperson with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The state’s wildlife commission plans to hold an initial discussion about the possibility at its next scheduled meetings on Nov. 13-15, Lehman said.
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Congress to consider removing protections for wolves, grizzly bears. What do Americans think?
From Yahoo.com:
Congress is considering three separate bills that would delist grizzly bears and gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act.
Two are stand-alone pieces of legislation to delist the predators and remove protections — one for wolves and the other for grizzlies — that are working their way through both the House and Senate. The other is a Department of the Interior funding bill in the House that includes riders that would delist bears and wolves.
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Government reviews protection of the Iberian wolf and updates compensation for attacks
From PortugalPulse.com:
“We have updated and changed the compensation rules for livestock producers affected, who are at the forefront of supporting a collective decision to protect this rare animal, the Iberian wolf,” stated António Leitão Amaro at a press conference following the weekly Council of Ministers meeting.
The official noted that in certain areas of the country, such as the Trás-os-Montes region, “attacks by the Iberian wolf on livestock and farming productions have been increasing.”
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Three wolf pups are born in Catalonia for the first time in 100 years
From en.ara.cat:
Barcelona – A century later, a wolf has been born again in Catalonia. This “historic milestone” was announced Wednesday by the Catalan Interior Ministry through its Rural Agents Corps. Three pups have been confirmed in a large area between Alta Garrotxa and Alt Empordà. The discovery comes after decades of monitoring the species, which had disappeared from the region. until a quarter of a century agoThen, the return of an isolated wolf was detected in the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park.
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Washington judge restores killing wolf as an option
From CapitalPress.com:
A King County judge has ruled the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife can go ahead and lethally remove a wolf in a pack attacking cattle in northeast Washington. Superior Court Judge Suzanne Parisien declined Oct. 31 to grant a preliminary injunction sought by Washington Wildlife First, Predator Defense and the Kettle Range Conservation Group.
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Raleigh [North Carolina] Civic Symphony to highlight red wolf conservation
From CoastalReview.org:
A musical performance by the Raleigh Civic Symphony set for this weekend will share what organizers call a musical vision of conservation for the American red wolf and other threatened species. Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd’s “Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals and other works focused on our relationship to the natural world” is at 4 p.m. Sunday in the North Carolina State University’s Stewart Theatre at 2610 Cates Ave. in Raleigh.
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A tale of geckos and wolves: How Avery Tilley weaves his heritage into science
From Research.UGA.edu:
When Avery Tilley was pursuing his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University, he worked on a gray wolf research project tied to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) in northeastern Minnesota.
In addition to collaring wolves to track their movements, Tilley assessed their health through blood samples and other veterinary treatments. Most research teams simply gave the wolves identifying numbers before release to aid tracking, but Tilley and his group used an alternate identification method: Ojibwe names.
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Locals react to [California] state wolf kills
From PlumasSun.org:
Since California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials announced killing four gray wolves Oct. 24, reaction in Plumas and Sierra counties has been largely somber. Even ranchers who had lost livestock to wolves expressed regrets that the situation had escalated to lethally removing the apex predators.
“It’s just sad in so many ways — sad the wolves were put in this position,” said Rick Roberti in a telephone interview with The Plumas Sun. A Sierra County rancher who has lost several livestock to wolves, Roberti is president of the California Cattlemen’s Association.
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An Idaho rancher lives with his cattle in wolf country. Can Colorado ranchers do the same?
From AspenPublicRadio.org:
Glenn Elzinga operates Alderspring Ranch in May, Idaho — a 46,000-acre rangeland where he grazes 300 to 400 cattle.
Shortly after wolves were reintroduced in Idaho in 1995, Elzinga and his wife began losing livestock, and he considered leaving the agricultural industry altogether.
But inspired by Charles Marion Russell, a painter known for depicting cowboys and their close bond with livestock, Elzinga began riding alongside his cattle, guiding their movements, and protecting them from wolf attacks.
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22 wolf attacks this year [Portugal]
From ThePortugalNews.com:
According to the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF), after being questioned by Lusa news agency, there were 22 reports of incidents involving wolves in the Mirandês Plateau during this period, in the municipalities of Vimioso, Miranda do Douro and Mogadouro, in the district of Bragança.
“In these incidents, some still in the process of being confirmed as to their attribution to wolves, 113 animals were affected, the vast majority (107) being sheep. In total, 83 animals died”. According to the ICNF, “all damage caused by wolves is compensated whenever it is confirmed, through expert analysis, that the damage is effectively attributable to the species.”
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