From Cowboy State Daily:
The alleged capture, tormenting and killing of a wolf in Sublette County, Wyoming, could damage the reputation of wolf hunting in the Cowboy State, and it ratchets up emotion over an already touchy topic, according to hunters and biologists speaking out on the incident.
“It was like a punch in the gut. That’s cruel and sad,” Wyoming outdoorsman Matt Eastman of Green River told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday. “And as hunters, we wat to get those animals down as quickly and humanely as possible.”
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Black Wolf Photographed For The First Time In India, Here Is Why It Is Concerning
From India Times:
While they look stunning, BH Lab said that the animals are the result of hybridisation with dogs.
“Double Trouble – this is the first photograph of pure black wolf from India. An indication of hybridisation with dogs. Time to worry about the species, the numbers are so low, it may be real problem,” BH Labs said in a post on X.
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A Michigan Hunter Thought He Killed a Large Coyote. It Turned Out to Be an Endangered Gray Wolf
From Smithsonian Mag:
In January, a hunter shot and killed what he thought was a large coyote in southwest Michigan. Now, however, genetic testing has revealed that the animal was actually an endangered gray wolf—the first member of the species spotted in the region in at least a century, reports MLive.com’s Brad Devereaux.
It’s not clear how or why the animal ended up so far south. Michigan does have an established gray wolf (Canis lupus) population, but the creatures are located hundreds of miles away on the state’s Upper Peninsula. The Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula are separated by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, with only the Mackinac Bridge connecting them.
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Wolf kills calf in Jackson County
From 9News:
JACKSON COUNTY, Colorado — A calf found dead in northern Colorado was killed by a wolf, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.
CPW said they responded to “a report of a possible depredation incident” in Jackson County Sunday morning. Their field investigation found injuries on the calf “consistent with wolf depredation, including a partially consumed hindquarter.” Partial wolf tracks were also found in the area, CPW said.
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Conservation groups sue over gray wolf protections
From KTVH News:
HELENA — Ten conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court over the U.S. Fish and Wild Service’s (USFWS) decision not to return Endangered Species Act protections to gray wolves in the Northern Rockies.
In February, the USFWS said an assessment using “the best available science” found that gray wolf populations in the West were not at risk of extinction.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife to hold wolf meeting geared towards agriculture producers in Kremmling
From SkyHiNews:
As wolves roam Grand and its neighboring counties, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Colorado State University Extension Office will hold a meeting to inform livestock producers about living with wolves. The meeting, “Living with Wolves on Agriculture Lands,” will be held at the Kremmling CSU Extension Office on April 9 from 1-2:30 p.m.
At the meeting, attendees can meet with Parks and Wildlife staff and hear a presentation by Frank Garry, coordinator of integrated livestock management with CSU.
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Wyoming cites law to justify secrecy about wolf’s alleged torture, but it may not apply
From County 17:
Wyoming wildlife officials on Thursday released their first public statement about a wolf that was illegally taken captive and then subjected to alleged abuses that have generated outrage around the world.
The statement from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department stretched for only six sentences and included no names, dates or locations. The brevity and ambiguity were explained by a statute that the state agency summarized.
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Swiss farmers dump dead sheep in protest against rising wolf numbers
From The Guardian:
Farmers in Switzerland dumped the carcasses of sheep that were killed by wolves in front of a regional government building on Saturday as part of a protest to demand more action against the predators.
About a dozen breeders came from the Saint-Barthélemy area in the western Swiss canton of Vaud to lay 12 carcasses in front of Lausanne’s Chateau Saint-Maire, the regional government headquarters, AFP reported.
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Wolf hunting becomes sharp political issue in Europe
From ERR:
Wolf populations have almost doubled in Europe over the past decade. While their number was estimated at 11,000 in 2012, a recent count puts that figure north of 20,000.
Vivian Loonela, head of the Estonian Representation of the European Commission, described it as a success story of EU conservation efforts. But wolf numbers have now grown to a point where local governments have started to complain to the Commission.
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Hunters, Biologists Angered Over Alleged Wolf Torture Case
From Cowboy State Daily:
The alleged capture, tormenting and killing of a wolf in Sublette County, Wyoming, could damage the reputation of wolf hunting in the Cowboy State, and it ratchets up emotion over an already touchy topic, according to hunters and biologists speaking out on the incident.
“It was like a punch in the gut. That’s cruel and sad,” Wyoming outdoorsman Matt Eastman of Green River told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday. “And as hunters, we wat to get those animals down as quickly and humanely as possible.”
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State agencies submit budget proposals for help protecting livestock from wolves
From Montrose Press:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Department of Agriculture recently released information about range riders — those who help livestock growers protect herds from wolves — and budget proposals to the state legislature to assist ranchers and livestock owners.
The CDA and CPW are working on a plan to get on-the-ground assistance within the next two weeks with range riders.
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