From KKTV.com:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -Over a dozen more gray wolves are set to be released in Colorado’s high country next year, but one organization says it would be premature.
“On the ground, what our producers are experiencing is we’re not ready, and that’s where a lot of this anxiousness is coming from,” said Erin Karney, Executive Vice President of Colorado Cattlemen’s Association.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says they will be releasing 15 more gray wolves between January and March in 2025. The wolves will be placed in Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin county. This is after they released 10 in December 2023. But ranchers believe they will need more support and more time to properly protect their livestock.
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Revisit our biggest story of the year: Calhoun County hunter harvests grey wolf by mistake
From BattleCreekEnquirer.com:
A hunter reported that he harvested a large animal in Calhoun County in January during a legal coyote hunt, but genetic testing by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources revealed the animal to be a gray wolf. This story drew more interest than any other published in the Battle Creek Enquirer in 2024.
“Michigan’s known wolf population is located in the Upper Peninsula. The department continues to search for wolves in the Lower Peninsula but has found only a few signs of wolf presence in that part of Michigan since the state’s wolf population became reestablished in the 1980s,” the DNR said in a press release at the time.
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A ranchers’ association outlines their concerns amid Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s announcement to release more wolves in the state
From KKTV.com:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -Over a dozen more gray wolves are set to be released in Colorado’s high country next year, but one organization says it would be premature.
“On the ground, what our producers are experiencing is we’re not ready, and that’s where a lot of this anxiousness is coming from,” said Erin Karney, Executive Vice President of Colorado Cattlemen’s Association.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) says they will be releasing 15 more gray wolves between January and March in 2025. The wolves will be placed in Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin county. This is after they released 10 in December 2023. But ranchers believe they will need more support and more time to properly protect their livestock.
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A Golden State Gray Wolf Update
From AgInfo.net:
They report that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently issued a Wolf News Update, highlighting developments in gray wolf activity and livestock impacts. The update includes confirmation of five new livestock depredations in September and October. This brings 2024’s confirmed losses to 44 livestock across 38 incidents.
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Video shows three-legged wolf is still surviving in northern Minnesota woods
From BringMeTheNews.com:
A plucky wolf is still surviving in the northern Minnesota wilderness despite losing the use of one of its front legs.
The Voyageurs Wolf Project has posted an update about a three-legged wolf that was discovered a year ago and appears to still be surviving.
“We shared a post about this wolf in 2023, and since the wolf is still around, figured we would just share an update with some footage we captured of this wolf over the past year,” the post read.
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People happy to coexist with Iberian wolves
From The Portugal News:
“An in-depth campaign was undertaken to promote understanding of the ecological role of the wolf and interviews were carried out with 117 people from local communities to assess their views on the wolf. The results of these interviews showed that many people south of the Douro are willing to live with Iberian wolves, as long as quick compensation is paid and damage prevention measures are implemented”, reads a statement.
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Copper Creek wolf pups, mother will return to the wild this winter
From TheAspenTimes:
After being in captivity for more than three months, the Copper Creek wolf pack‘s adult female and four pups will be released back into the wild as early as January.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife expects the releases to happen on roughly the same timeline as the release of up to 15 wolves from British Columbia, according to an email Wednesday from Travis Duncan, the agency’s public information supervisor.
While these releases are expected to occur between January and March in Eagle, Pitkin, or Garfield counties, the exact details around when and where will not be determined until capture and release operations are underway, according to the agency.
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Wolf and deer depredation legislative priorities for Minnesota Cattlemen
From BrownfieldAgNews.com:
Wolf and deer depredation are legislative priorities for the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association in 2025. President Jake Thompson says they’ve been telling state lawmakers about damage from deer and elk for two years.
“We’re going to still work really hard towards that, try to get that problem corrected (and) get some help for our producers throughout the state.” He says deer and elk trample and eat forages while contaminating feed.
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Ranchers Skeptical Range Riders Will Save Colorado Livestock From Wolves
From CowboyStateDaily:
As Colorado prepares to reintroduce more wolves, the state is offering to send out range riders to protect livestock from the new predators.
Some ranchers think it’s a great idea, but others say it’ll be a waste of time. “I know for a fact that range riding does work, will work,” Krisztina Gayler told Cowboy State Daily. She did ranch work for 19 years in Colorado, including range riding.
Colorado rancher Howard Cooper told Cowboy State Daily he’s not convinced that state-sponsored range riders will make any difference.
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Concerns over the EU’s wolf downlisting proposal
From IUCN.org:
Several organisations, including The Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE), have voiced serious concern regarding the European Union’s proposal to downlist the wolf under the Bern Convention and the EU Habitats Directive. This move could set a troubling precedent for wildlife conservation policies across Europe.
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Alaska Poised To Resume Aerial Shooting Of Wolves And Bears
From NationalParksTraveler.org:
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is again planning to shoot hundreds of bears and wolves, according to a release from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Part of the plan would involve stationing shooters in helicopters to fire on the animals from the air. Other gunners would operate from snowmobiles.
The plan is open for public comments until December 27.
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