From Atmos.earth:
When wolves hear another pack’s chorus howl rise in the distance, they stop. They listen.
And according to naturalist Rick McIntyre, who has logged more than 100,000 wolf sightings and filled more than 12,000 pages of field notes near his home in Montana, they calculate: “Do those guys have more members than we do? Or do we have more members than they do?”
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RMPBS Originals Film Club Presents: Colorado Experience: Return of the Wolf
From Rocky Mountain PBS:
In 2020, for the first time in American history, Coloradans voted to reintroduce a wildlife species to the state: the gray wolf (Canis lupus). In December 2023, new paws hit the ground, and the disagreements heated up.
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[Swiss] Federal Council: Bowing to Hunters and Wolf Opponents
From WildBeimWild:
On 8 May 2020, the Federal Council opened the consultation on the revised hunting ordinance.
After an initial review, the Swiss Animal Protection STS concludes: what applies to the law applies equally to the draft ordinance. The regulatory framework is a bow to hunters and wolf opponents.
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Wolves: We’ve been here before
From TheWildlifeSociety:
Wolves are making headlines again after a recent Executive Order calls for their delisting from ESA. Here’s what to expect as we look ahead.
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No Mollie’s Pack, Yellowstone wolves killed, state reports after hunt area’s quick close
From WyoFile.com;
EVANSTON—Yellowstone National Park’s last original wolf pack, Mollie’s Pack, emerged unscathed from a hunting season that opened last week and has already closed, Wyoming wildlife officials announced Monday.
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Conservationists worry Trump may prematurely strip Mexican gray wolf protections
From AZCapitolTimes.com:
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s executive order reviewing the status of Mexican gray wolves on the Endangered Species List comes despite the species’ population count falling short of the minimum requirement.
It’s a move conservationists argue ignores science and threatens to remove protection of Mexican wolves in order to appease the ranching industry, which has advocated against the species for decades.
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As gray wolves reemerge in Shasta [California], humans look for ways to address threats to livestock
From ShastaScout.org:
There’s a subject that’s been brought up consistently throughout Shasta County Supervisor Corkey Harmon’s tenure that he said isn’t going away any time soon: wolves.
As gray wolves have reemerged in Northern California over the last several years, livestock kills are becoming more frequent. It’s a cause of concern for several of Harmon’s constituents, he said, who are ranchers that rely on their livestock.
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[Massachusetts] nonprofit urges science over killing as Trump admin reconsiders gray wolf protection
From MassLive.com:
A Massachusetts wolf education center — Wolf Hollow — is urging policymakers to rely on science and nonlethal conflict management as the Trump administration moves toward reconsidering federal protections for gray wolves.
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The People Learning to Understand Wolves
From Atmos.earth:
When wolves hear another pack’s chorus howl rise in the distance, they stop. They listen.
And according to naturalist Rick McIntyre, who has logged more than 100,000 wolf sightings and filled more than 12,000 pages of field notes near his home in Montana, they calculate: “Do those guys have more members than we do? Or do we have more members than they do?”
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[Michigan] State may approve wolf hunt
From The Daily Mining Gazette:
LANSING – Pending legislation would allow gray wolf hunting and trapping if the federal government takes the animals off the Endangered Species List.
The possibility raises concerns among environmentalists that removing wolves from federal protection could set the species back and destabilize the ecosystem in Michigan.
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Tom Tiffany’s wish to delist the gray wolves may come true
From SpectrumNews1.com:
WASHINGTON — Ending endangered species protections for gray wolves has been a defining issue for Congressman Tom Tiffany, the Republican candidate for Governor in Wisconsin. For years, he’s pushed legislation to remove the wolves from the protected list. Now, he may finally get his way.
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