From StreetInsider.com:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — LG Electronics is bringing attention to the plight of the endangered red wolf through a dynamic display on its iconic Times Square billboard in New York City. As part of the company’s ongoing endangered species series, the red wolf, one of the world’s most at-risk wolves, has been chosen to underscore the urgent need for biodiversity and efforts to combat global warming.
The 3D anamorphic experience illustrates the stark reality of forest ecosystem destruction, showing a red wolf that has lost its habitat due to the damaging changes and degradation of its natural environment. The red wolf is classified as ‘critically endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with estimates suggesting that only around 20 remain in the wild in North Carolina.
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Archaeologists Discover “Smoking Gun” Evidence of Earliest Human Companionship with Canines in the Americas
From The DeBrief.org:
New research at indigenous Alaskan archaeological sites dates the origins of human-canid friendship in the Americas to 12,000 years ago, 2,000 years earlier than previous evidence.
Food sharing is a universal custom of friendship, reflected in how modern humans share their homes and food with dogs like our ancestors did millennia ago. Large canids such as dogs, coyotes, and wolves commonly form bonds with human populations in cold, northern environments such as Alaska.
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‘Grizzly Bears Not Recovered’ Says Leading Biologist, 15 Regional & National Groups Petition for New Recovery Vision
From WildEarth Guardians:
WASHINGTON– Today 15 national, regional and state environmental, tribal, and animal welfare groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to adopt a new approach to recovering grizzly bears in the U.S. Northern Rockies, pointing to a new science-based report by Dr. Christopher Servheen, the former USFWS Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator (1981-2016). The petition comes about a month ahead of the USFWS’ deadline to make a decision on delisting the bears.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis criticized for blaming wolf reintroduction program costs on ranchers
From ColoradoPolitics:
Gov. Jared Polis is facing backlash for comments he made during the winter conference of Colorado counties, when he blamed ranchers for the cost of the wolf reintroduction program this year.
The topic of wolves at the Colorado Counties, Inc. conference arose in response to Polis’ comments about an ever-tightening state budget. The association represents 63 of the state’s 64 counties.
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Colorado says it will release captured Copper Creek pack with new reintroduced wolves
From the Coloradoan:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife will re-release the Copper Creek wolfpack, including the breeding female, a move ranchers say violates the state’s wolf recovery plan.
Travis Duncan, spokesman for the state wildlife agency, told the Coloradoan in an email Tuesday of its intention to release the breeding female and her four pups with the up to 15 wolves the agency expects to capture in British Columbia and release in Colorado between January and March of 2025.
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LG’S Endangered Species Awareness Campaign Spotlights The Red Wolf
From StreetInsider.com:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — LG Electronics is bringing attention to the plight of the endangered red wolf through a dynamic display on its iconic Times Square billboard in New York City. As part of the company’s ongoing endangered species series, the red wolf, one of the world’s most at-risk wolves, has been chosen to underscore the urgent need for biodiversity and efforts to combat global warming.
The 3D anamorphic experience illustrates the stark reality of forest ecosystem destruction, showing a red wolf that has lost its habitat due to the damaging changes and degradation of its natural environment. The red wolf is classified as ‘critically endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with estimates suggesting that only around 20 remain in the wild in North Carolina.
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JWM: How managing moose can stop wolf control in caribou ranges
From The Wildlife Society:
To reduce the number of wolves that prey on threatened woodland caribou in British Columbia and Alberta, one strategy could be keeping down populations of their primary prey—moose.
“Wolves can recover [from population control] extremely quickly, within a couple of years,” said Michelle McLellan, a postdoctoral researcher with the University of British Columbia Okanagan. “So, if you have a large moose population, it results in a higher number of wolves killed during control efforts.”
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Brave or bashful: How the threat of wolves changes beaver behavior
From KAXE.org:
University of Minnesota researcher Thomas Gabel discusses his research on ecosystem interactions between wolves and beavers in Minnesota. This is part of “The Iconic Beaver,” a series that investigates the influence of this keystone species in Minnesota. “The Iconic Beaver” is produced by Mark Jacobs.
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CPW and CDA Prepare for 2025 Gray Wolf Releases With Improved Livestock Conflict Minimization Program
From MorningAgClips.com:
DENVER — Operational planning is underway for the second capture and release season in support of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. The operation is focused on translocating up to 15 gray wolves from British Columbia to Colorado between January and March, 2025, as announced by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) in September.
CPW has been listening to the concerns and recommendations of all stakeholders throughout the first year of gray wolf restoration. The agency has incorporated this feedback into an expanded and improved conflict minimization program for Colorado livestock producers.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife vows to do better job at round 2 of wolf reintroduction starting in January
From the Colorado Sun:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is vowing to do a better job at wolf reintroduction ahead of the planned release of 15 gray wolves from British Columbia starting in January.
That’s according to a joint news release by CPW and the Colorado Department of Agriculture in which CPW director Jeff Davis said “staff and partners have been working hard, learning and adapting through the first year of restoration in Colorado” and that they’re “coming back with a stronger conflict minimization program” for the well-being of ranchers, their livestock and wolves.
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Canadian wildlife resort offers a night with wolves, experts warn against trend
From Straight Arrow News:
Parc Omega in Quebec, Canada, puts guests face-to-face with nature when they book a night at the park’s cabin. Some wildlife experts in Wyoming, meanwhile, say that such meetings between humans and wolves can cause negative impacts to the wild animals.
Imagine a pane of glass separating you from a pack of wolves. A wildlife preserve in Canada uses giant windows and sliding doors to give guests a look inside a wolves habitat.
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