From BBC Wildlife:
In a practice that goes back hundreds of thousands of years, hunter-gatherer groups today light fires at night to keep wild animals, and predators especially, at bay – animals are afraid of fire, the reasoning goes, and a campfire will keep you safe while you sleep.
But not all predators, it seems. A new paper published in the Journal of Animal Ecology has found that wolves in north-east British Columbia are actively drawn to wildfires.
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“They creep low to the ground, advancing in short bursts until close enough to pounce.” One of the world’s most beautiful, rarest, dogs facing extinction
From BBCWildlife.com:
This russet-coated carnivore might be at the top of the food chain in its isolated uplands, but due to the impact of other dogs, their lives are under threat.
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WRITERS ON THE RANGE: Spreading fear about wolves never goes out of style
From The BeavertonValleyTimes:
In early September, President Trump signed an executive order that continued to rely on big-bad-wolf myths. He claimed that living in wolf country is “very dangerous.”
He then directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to determine whether gray wolves and Mexican wolves should lose federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. Without waiting for an answer, he also directed Burgum to support Congressional removal of gray wolves from the endangered species list.
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Appeals Court hears wolf ESA cases in Missoula
Fro The Missoula Current:
(Missoula Current) Appellate justices are mulling over two cases that could determine whether or which gray wolves are protected in the lower 48 states.
On Tuesday morning, justices from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard three appeals related to wolves and decisions the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services has made regarding whether or how Endangered Species Act protections should apply to certain populations.
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Wolves Were Supposed To Save Yellowstone. Scientists Say the Real Story Is Very Different
From SciTechDaily.com:
Yellowstone’s wolves helped reduce elk numbers, but tree recovery remained limited, challenging the popular story that their return restored the park’s ecosystem.
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Feds say New Mexico’s lobos are ‘nonessential.’ Conservationists object
From KUNM.org:
Ever since their reintroduction in the late 90s, wild Mexican wolves – a rare subspecies of gray wolf in the Southwest – have been labeled “nonessential” to the species’ overall survival by the federal government.
Conservationists objected in front of a panel of judges Tuesday, arguing that this legal distinction denies valuable protections often afforded to other endangered species.
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Endangered red wolves in Durham journey to New York to help conservation efforts
From WUNCNews.com:
Seven critically endangered red wolves on Tuesday are moving from the Museum of Life and Science in Durham to a conservation center in New York.
The initiative is part of the Association of Aquariums and Zoos’ SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) American Red Wolf program, an ongoing national effort to support the conservation and genetic diversity of the species, according to a release from the Museum of Life and Science.
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Endangered gray wolf protections up in the air pending appeals
From CourthouseNews.com:
Just a month after President Donald Trump ordered the Department of the Interior to begin the process of delisting the endangered gray wolf, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service defended its since-vacated decision to do so six years prior.
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Canada’s wolves may be using fire to hunt moose
From BBC Wildlife:
In a practice that goes back hundreds of thousands of years, hunter-gatherer groups today light fires at night to keep wild animals, and predators especially, at bay – animals are afraid of fire, the reasoning goes, and a campfire will keep you safe while you sleep.
But not all predators, it seems. A new paper published in the Journal of Animal Ecology has found that wolves in north-east British Columbia are actively drawn to wildfires.
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Michigan may adopt grey wolf hunting season if federal protections are lifted
From GreatLakesEcho.org:
Pending legislation would allow grey wolf hunting and trapping in Michigan if the federal government takes the animals off the Endangered Species List.
The possibility raises concerns among environmentalists that removing grey wolves from federal protection could set the species back and destabilize the ecosystem in Michigan.
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New ordinance targets non-native wildlife in Montrose [Colorado]
From WesternSlopeNow.com:
MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – The Montrose County Board of County Commissioners has approved the first reading of proposed measure that would prohibit the intentional introduction, release, transportation, translocation and habitat establishment of non-native wildlife within unincorporated areas of the county.
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