From TheCooldown.com:
An Indian wildlife sanctuary is celebrating the appearance of wolf pups inside their boundaries as the group works to increase the population in the region. The Bankapur Wolf Sanctuary in Karnataka, India, announced the birth of eight Indian wolf pups inside the sanctuary’s boundaries, according to Good News Network.
The Indian wolf is smaller than its Himalayan counterpart and has short fur. It is among the subcontinent’s most endangered species, with just 3,000 remaining across the country, with smaller isolated populations found in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well.
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[Colorado] Commissioners ratify letter in support of the Pet and Livestock Protection Act
From MesaCounty.US:
During the Board of Commissioners’ April 15 public hearing, they ratified a letter to U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources, in support of House Resolution 845, Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025.
This legislation would help restore local control over the management of gray wolf populations and federally remove the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife in the lower 48 states.
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[Wisconsin] DNR seeking applicants for Wolf Advisory Committee
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The Department of Natural Resources is seeking applicants interested in serving on the agency’s new Wolf Advisory Committee.
The committee’s general role will be to assist the DNR with implementation of the Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan. Approved in 2023, the plan “details the objectives, strategies and products that will help guide wolf conservation and management efforts in Wisconsin,” according to the DNR.
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Environmental group asks Alaska court to halt this year’s bear-killing program
From NewsFromTheStates.com:
Opponents of a controversial predator control program in Western Alaska are seeking a court order to halt this year’s work before state officials kill any more bears.
The Alaska Wildlife Alliance last week filed an application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction barring the state Department of Fish and Game from starting its planned bear- and wolf-killing program in late spring and early summer. If the predator control takes place, it would be the third year of a state program that has so far killed 180 bears and 19 wolves.
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Polish villagers allowed to use paintball guns to deter wolves after surge in rural encounters
From TVPWorld.com:
Residents in southeastern Poland have been given permission to use paintball guns to scare off wolves, following a spike in close encounters. Polish mayor demands brown bear cullings as human encounters surge. Authorities in the city of Rzeszów gave the go-ahead in response to mounting concerns among locals about wolves attacking domestic animals and wandering near farms and houses.
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New Oregon Wolf Report Shows Population Growth After Years of Stagnation
From OregonWild.org:
Lower poaching and fewer state-sanctioned killings offer a glimpse of what’s possible for gray wolf recovery. After years of stagnating numbers, Oregon’s wolf population appears to have finally grown in 2024, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Annual Wolf Report. Oregon Wild is cautiously optimistic that a reduction in both poaching and state-killed wolves has given the state’s fragile wolf population a chance to rebound.
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[Minnesota] DNR reports dog likely killed by wolf in Brookston area
From WDIO.com:
A representative from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed a dog was likely killed by wolf on Sunday, April 13, on a hunter-walking trail just east of Brookston, Minnesota. Joe Albert, a communications coordinator with the DNR, said a 52-pound husky was off-leash and walking a distance ahead of its owner.
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GPS collared wolf from Banff National Park killed in trapline on provincial lands
From FitHugh.CA:
BANFF – At least three wolves from the Bow Valley pack, including a young collared male wolf, have been killed in traplines outside Banff National Park earlier this year.
The male wolf, which was fitted with a GPS collar last year, dispersed around the south side of Canmore and then south into Kananaskis Country in late January where he was caught and killed in a trapline near the Elbow River.
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Tourists can now track wolves in the Italian wilderness
From NPR.com:
For millennia, humans have feared and hated wolves. In recent memory, we’ve gunned them down to near extinction. Now conservation efforts in the United States and Europe are trying to bring them back. NPR’s Ruth Sherlock went looking for wolves in the wild in Italy and found something unexpected in the end.
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Newborn pups bring hope to endangered species as sanctuary sees birth success: ‘Taken measures to ensure the safety of all the pups’
From TheCooldown.com:
An Indian wildlife sanctuary is celebrating the appearance of wolf pups inside their boundaries as the group works to increase the population in the region. The Bankapur Wolf Sanctuary in Karnataka, India, announced the birth of eight Indian wolf pups inside the sanctuary’s boundaries, according to Good News Network.
The Indian wolf is smaller than its Himalayan counterpart and has short fur. It is among the subcontinent’s most endangered species, with just 3,000 remaining across the country, with smaller isolated populations found in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well.
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One Montana wolf hunting bill loses teeth, other fails in House floor vote
From Bills.BuffaloNews.com:
The bill seeks to create an unlimited wolf hunting quota when Montana’s wolf population is above 550; it currently sits around 1,100 to 1,200, according to the state. The only area exempted from the unlimited quota would be the areas north of Yellowstone National Park that are currently Wolf Management Units 313 and 316, where hunting is restricted to only a handful of animals each season.
The bill initially cleared the House when lawmakers changed language requiring the Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt such a policy to a “may” – meaning it was optional.
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