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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As Montana’s rifle season opens, wolf harvest climbs
From MontanaFreePress.org:
The amount of wolves being killed is increasing as Montana’s general rifle season gets underway. Officials say it’s because most wolf hunters are opportunistic.
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California’s wolves are inbreeding; CDFW officials aren’t too worried about it
From KTLA.com:
California’s growing wolf population is inbreeding, data recorded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife shows.
According to the wolf-tracking group California Wolf Watch, a quarter of the wolves born in California in 2026 were born to pairs of siblings from the Whaleback pack in Northern California.
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Critics Blast Wyoming, Montana Wildlife Officials Over Anti-Wolf And Grizzly Bias
From Cowboy State Daily:
Wyoming and Montana wildlife commissions are receiving increasing criticism over their approaches toward predators such as wolves and grizzly bears. Critics say the officials favor hunters, anglers and trappers over interests of the general public.
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Could tech help us translate wolf howls?
From Texas Public Radio:
Jeffrey Reed has a Ph.D. in ancient languages and spent three decades in Silicon Valley — building machines that could replicate human language. A few years ago he moved back to his hometown on the outskirts of Yellowstone National Park and began using AI and bioacoustics to isolate, record, and interpret the sounds that wolves make in the wild.
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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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