From Buckrail:
JACKSON, Wyo. — On Friday, May 31 at the Center for the Arts, the event, “Heating Up: Grizzly, Wolf Management and Climate Change,” tapped Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) experts to discuss how projected changes to temperature, precipitation and water will continue to impact apex predators, specifically grizzly bears and wolves, in the area.
Joe O’Connor, Managing Editor of Mountain Journal, moderated the well attended event with wolf biologist Doug Smith, grizzly biologist Chris Servheen and paleoclimatologist Cathy Whitlock.
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Michigan refers wolf killing case to prosecutors for possible charges
From Bridge Michigan:
State wildlife officials have ended their investigation into the January killing of an endangered wolf in southern Michigan and are referring the case for possible criminal charges.
In a statement to Bridge Michigan, Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Ed Golder said the agency has turned over investigative materials to the Calhoun County prosecutor.
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Colorado hunts for co-existence between people and wolves
From KLXH Helena:
At the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center near the town of Divide, CEO and founder Darlene Kobobel points out her furry permanent residents.
“This here is Nanook. That’s Raven,” she says, approaching an enclosure with two gray wolves.
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Capturing the hidden moments of Wyoming wildlife management
From Wyoming Tribune Eagle:
JACKSON — For years, Susan Patla tried to find funding to tag harlequin ducks, migratory sea birds that migrate from the West Coast to summer in Jackson Hole, the farthest eastern edge of their range.
Patla spent decades working as the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s non-game biologist and studied the species people couldn’t hunt.
She knew the ducks wintered on the west coast of Washington. But there was no data showing whether they had multiple migratory paths and winter ranges or one. Patla worried about an oil spill wiping out their breeding population. When the Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund eventually funded her research, Mark Gocke captured the resulting field work on camera, documenting Patla’s joy as she released a duck into the wild.
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AGING ONE-EYED WOLF HAS 10TH LITTER
From The Wildlife Society:
At 11 years old, it’s unusual enough that Yellowstone’s one-eyed wolf known as 907F is still alive. But she recently gave birth to her 10th litter—a feat not previously documented in the park.
“Every day, I expect that she might die just because she is so elderly, but I’ve been thinking that for the last few years, and she keeps going,” Kira Cassidy, a research associate at the Yellowstone Wolf Project, told Live Science.
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Useful advice and fence robots for guarding against wolves
From ASB Zietung:
Can fences effectively shield grazing animals from wolf attacks? This question is set to be addressed by professionals hailing from ten federal states, 18 animal keeper organizations, and representatives of nearly 30 companies on the inaugural Fence Day this coming Friday. The Chamber of Agriculture in Lower Saxony (LWK) is collaborating with experts from Schleswig-Holstein to organize this exchange, which is primarily intended for grazing animal keepers and those engaged in the occupation of grazing animal care.
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Investigation into gray wolf killed in Calhoun County headed to prosecutor for review
From Yahoo News:
A hunter may soon face criminal charges after killing a gray wolf earlier this year in Calhoun County.
The animal was reportedly killed in January during a guided coyote hunt in the county, hundreds of miles from Michigan’s known wolf population in the Upper Peninsula. The hunter believed the animal to be a large coyote, but genetic testing by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources later revealed the animal to be a gray wolf.
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New Exhibit “Starvation, Adaptation and Survival—Insights from the Voyageurs Wolf Project” to premiere at the International Wolf Center
From Herald Review:
The International Wolf Center is proud to announce the upcoming premiere of its latest exhibit, “Starvation, Adaptation and Survival—Insights from the Voyageurs Wolf Project,” which will open to the public on Friday, May 24. This engaging and informative exhibit will run through October 20 and offer visitors a unique look into the lives of wolves in Northern Minnesota.
Since its inception in 2015, the Voyageurs Wolf Project, led by researchers from the University of Minnesota, has been dedicated to studying the summer ecology of wolves in the vicinity of Voyageurs National Park. This exhibit showcases the project’s significant findings and insights gained from nearly a decade of meticulous research.
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Von der Leyen is campaigning hard — against the wolf
From Politico:
Ever since her beloved pony Dolly was killed by wolf GW950m in Germany’s Lower Saxony in September 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has focused on downgrading the protection status of the large carnivore.
But the strength of her relentless personal crusade — which has translated into political lobbying at the highest level — is raising eyebrows among EU diplomats in Brussels. They describe her focus on the Big Bad Wolf as “strange,” “bizarre,” “puzzling,” and definitely “pushy.”
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Event highlights climate change impacts on wolves, grizzlies
From Buckrail:
JACKSON, Wyo. — On Friday, May 31 at the Center for the Arts, the event, “Heating Up: Grizzly, Wolf Management and Climate Change,” tapped Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) experts to discuss how projected changes to temperature, precipitation and water will continue to impact apex predators, specifically grizzly bears and wolves, in the area.
Joe O’Connor, Managing Editor of Mountain Journal, moderated the well attended event with wolf biologist Doug Smith, grizzly biologist Chris Servheen and paleoclimatologist Cathy Whitlock.
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Conservation officials celebrate record number of Mexican wolf pups placed in wild dens
From Arizona Daily Sun:
A record 27 Mexican wolf pups were fostered into wild dens this spring, according to state and federal wildlife managers.
Officials said the wolf pups’ introduction helps provide genetic diversity within the population of Mexican wolves, as the species recovers from near-extinction.
The newborn Mexican wolf pups came from six genetically diverse litters kept in five institutions involved in the recovery effort from across the United States. The pups were then placed into eight wild dens in Arizona and New Mexico over a month starting mid-April.
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