From Sci Tech Daily:
Firsthand accounts of wolves hunting and successfully capturing a harbor seal, and another instance of a wolf pack preying on and consuming a sea otter along the coast of Katmai, Alaska, have prompted researchers to reconsider assumptions about wolf hunting behavior.
Wolves have previously been observed consuming sea otter carcasses, but how they obtain these and the frequency of scavenging versus hunting marine prey is largely unknown. Scientists at Oregon State University, the National Park Service, and Alaska Department of Fish and Game are beginning to change that with a paper recently published in the journal Ecology.
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Wolves through the ages: A journey of coexistence, conflict, and conservation
From East Mojo:
Wolves, with their widespread distribution from North America to Eurasia, are ecologically vital as keystone species, playing a critical role in maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems by regulating prey populations. Their influence extends to increasing biodiversity and reshaping landscapes, thus fostering more robust and diverse natural environments.
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Wolves don’t need wilderness,’ says Wolf Switzerland director
From Swiss Info:
The preventive culling of wolves has sparked considerable discussion in Switzerland in recent weeks. Swiss public television SRF asked the managing director of the Wolf Switzerland Group, David Gerke what he thought about the issue.
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January’s full moon is known as the wolf moon. Do wolves really howl at a full moon?
From KLCC:
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
The first full moon of the year comes later this month, and it has got a name.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
January is the time of the wolf moon. The “Old Farmer’s Almanac” says it got the nickname because wolves were likely to be heard howling in midwinter.
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Oregon wolves expected to spread
From the Nugget:
State biologists say Oregon’s gray wolf population may have reached its ecological limit in the eastern third of the state and that packs will probably spread out to the west and south in greater numbers.
Those comments, made at a meeting of the state Fish and Wildlife Commission, came as Colorado released five wolves trapped from Oregon as part of a historic reintroduction program.
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Breaking Nature’s Stereotypes: Researchers Observe Wolves Hunting Sea Otters and Seals
From Sci Tech Daily:
Firsthand accounts of wolves hunting and successfully capturing a harbor seal, and another instance of a wolf pack preying on and consuming a sea otter along the coast of Katmai, Alaska, have prompted researchers to reconsider assumptions about wolf hunting behavior.
Wolves have previously been observed consuming sea otter carcasses, but how they obtain these and the frequency of scavenging versus hunting marine prey is largely unknown. Scientists at Oregon State University, the National Park Service, and Alaska Department of Fish and Game are beginning to change that with a paper recently published in the journal Ecology.
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Wolf crackdown in Switzerland: a sign of what’s to come in Europe?
From Swiss Info:
The Swiss government’s plan for a preventative cull of wolves has been partially put on ice after a legal appeal. But Bern’s approach could yet be a sign of what’s to come elsewhere in Europe.
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Will grizzlies and the Endangered Species Act make it harder to trap wolves in Idaho?
From Idaho News6:
BOISE, Idaho — Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Idaho claiming that traps and snares will have a negative impact on grizzly bears in the Idaho Panhandle and Yellowstone Region and will violate the Endangered Species Act.
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ODFW says wolf management west of Hwy 395 has challenges
From Elkhorn Media Group:
JOHN DAY – Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Assistant District Wildlife Biologist Ryan Platte was on KJDY’s Coffee Time Wednesday morning and discussed wolves within Grant County. Platte mentioned that their management tactics are more limited in certain parts of the county than others:
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More than 600 attend wolf predation meeting in Detroit Lakes
From DL-Online:
DETROIT LAKES — More than 600 people attended a wolf predation meeting hosted by Hunters for Hunters on Friday, Dec. 29, at the Detroit Lakes Holiday Inn.
“There are two types of deer enthusiasts in Minnesota; ones that have wolf problems and ones that are about to have wolf problems,” said host Steve Porter.
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Washington bill proposes shooting first wolf back to carcass
From Capital Press:
A northwest Washington lawmaker has introduced a bill to allow ranchers to shoot the first wolf that comes back to feed on dead livestock.
Rather than indiscriminately culling a pack, killing the wolf that returns to the carcass will make it “far more likely to get the proper wolf,” said Sen. Keith Wagoner, R-Sedro Woolley.
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