From KJCT News 8:
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is approaching a hard deadline to reintroduce gray wolves into the state.
While Colorado has been searching where they’ll acquire wolves from, three other states rejected Colorado’s request for wolves.
Over the summer CPW officials reached out to the Nez Perce tribe to see if they could help in the effort to reintroduce the animals to the state. The chairman of the tribe said he spoke to Governor Jared Polis once, and he wants to finalize a deal, but they aren’t quite there yet.
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Colorado secures the first wolves for reintroduction from Oregon
From the Denver Post:
The wolf population in northeastern Oregon is resilient and will not suffer long-term impacts from the captures, according to the news release. State officials plan to release the wolves on Colorado Parks and Wildlife land between Glenwood Springs, Vail and the Roaring Fork Valley.
Although Oregon wildlife officials will help by sharing information about wolf locations, the release says Colorado will be responsible for all costs of capturing and transporting the wolves. All captured wolves will be tested and treated for disease on-site in Oregon. Those with significant injuries — such as missing eyes or mange — won’t be transported to Colorado.
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Voyageurs wolf pups caught on camera
From Fox9:
The Voyageurs Wolf Project shared the first video of the Bug Creek Pack pups on social media this week.
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Watch: Wolf Pack Chases Hundreds of Stampeding Elk Before Taking Down a Cow
From Field and Stream:
There’s a reason Yellowstone National Park is the Shangri-La of wildlife viewing and photography—and it’s because you can encounter scenes like this there.
On Thursday, October 5, wildlife tour guide Michael Sypniewski shared a video on Instagram of a stunning wildlife interaction that took place within the park. The footage begins showing a massive herd of elk running roughly in the direction of Sypniewski’s camera. The reason they’re running so fast soon becomes apparent: A large pack of wolves is in hot pursuit of the herd. What happens next could be straight out of a National Geographic documentary.
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State having issues finding wolves for reintroduction plan
From CBS Colorado:
CBS News Colorado mountain newsroom reporter Spencer Wilsons provides the latest update on Colorado’s wolf reintroduction plan and why the state is having an issue finding wolves to use.
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Updated Red Wolf Recovery Plan Calls for $328 Million Over the Next 50 Years
From Green Matters:
One of the most consistent ways people have tried to protect our planet is by conserving endangered animals. The Endangered Species Act was created in 1973 to expedite protections for threatened or endangered species; but sometimes, legislation like this isn’t enough.
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Colorado still looking for wolves
From KJCT News 8:
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is approaching a hard deadline to reintroduce gray wolves into the state.
While Colorado has been searching where they’ll acquire wolves from, three other states rejected Colorado’s request for wolves.
Over the summer CPW officials reached out to the Nez Perce tribe to see if they could help in the effort to reintroduce the animals to the state. The chairman of the tribe said he spoke to Governor Jared Polis once, and he wants to finalize a deal, but they aren’t quite there yet.
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Wolf reintroduction donor possibly located
From CBS Colorado:
For a while now, Colorado has been searching for an organization that would be willing to help the state re-introduce 30-50 wolves into the north-western part of the state before the Dec. 31 deadline comes this year.
After striking out with four different states (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, who said “maybe check back later”) the Centennial State is now looking to the Nez Perce tribe as a possible solution.
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With sheep and wolves, a new generation faces an age-old conflict
From Idaho Mountain Express:
Sheepherders have most likely faced danger from predators since sheep were first domesticated in Mesopotamia 10,000 years ago. Such prey-predator relations are part and parcel of ecosystems.
Idaho sheep ranchers have had to worry about wolves again after they were reintroduced to the region under a federal mandate in 1996, against the wishes of the state Legislature, and with help from the Nez Perce Tribe.
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Lawsuit Challenges ‘Nonessential’ Designation of Last Wild Red Wolf Population
From Center for Biological Diversity:
RALEIGH, N.C.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to classify the world’s last wild population of red wolves as ‘nonessential.’
The red wolf is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act and is among the most imperiled species in the world. Just 13 known wild red wolves survive in eastern North Carolina.
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Switzerland Grapples With the Return of Gray Wolves
From Sierra:
Ten years ago, high in the Alps, two gray wolves crossed the Italian border into Switzerland. Within a year they had pups, settling in the southern canton, or province, of Grisons, and the Calanda wolf pack was born. It was the first since the mid-19th century, when wolves were hunted to extinction in the tiny European country better known for cheese, chocolate, and flowery Alpine meadows. Since 2012, the pack has had 47 pups, with young wolves spreading out through the mountains.
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