From Mirror UK:
Terrifying robot wolves with gleaming red eyes and bared fangs are being unleashed in Japan after a spate of bear attacks against elderly residents.
The mechanical contraptions were originally designed to act like robotic scarecrows and keep wild animals away from farms. But due to a rise in the number of bears attacking people, authorities are using the wolves to scare them away. The first use of the Monster Wolf was recorded in autumn 2020, according to the president of its manufacturer, Wolf Kamuy.
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Gray wolf management in Wisconsin remains a Legislature debacle
The Daily Cardinal:
Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is set to present their newly revised wolf population management plan to the Natural Resources Board during their October meeting — a plan that still faces opposition from the Republican-backed Senate Committee of Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage.
The DNR’s updated plan continues to advise an adaptive approach toward wolf population management rather than setting a firm numerical quota. The plan “turns its attention from wolf recovery to long-term stewardship and sustainable management of wolves in the state,” the DNR said in an August press release.
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Groups ask judge to halt Montana wolf trapping season over alleged threat to grizzlies
From The Western News:
Two conservation groups have asked a federal judge in Missoula to halt the upcoming wolf trapping season in parts of Montana over concerns that grizzly bears could be injured or killed by the traps in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Trail Cam Captures the Second-Ever Recording of a Wolf Killing a Beaver
From PetaPixel:
The footage was captured in Minnesota by a camera set up by the Voyageurs Wolf Project on September 17. Taking to YouTube, the wildlife researchers called it “the absolute trail camera jackpot.”
The only other video of a wolf killing a beaver was recorded by a person who witnessed it on a logging road in Quebec in 2015.
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Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without ‘significant’ help, study says
From News8000:
WAKE FOREST, N.C. — The endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with “significant additional management intervention,” according to a long-awaited population viability analysis.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also released an updated recovery plan Friday for “Canis rufus” — the only wolf species unique to the United States. It calls for spending nearly $328 million over the next 50 years to get the red wolf off the endangered species list.
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Grizzly Bear Conservation Groups Challenge Loosening Wolf Hunting Restrictions
From Flathead Beacon:
Gray wolves have long been a symbol of the complex relationship between humans and nature. While most famous for their evocative howl and spiritual significance across cultures, these large carnivores are also at the center of ongoing debates about balancing keystone species conservation with other human interests, like hunting and livestock protection.
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Could the wolf return to Ireland’s countryside?
From BBC:
Could the howl of the wolf once again be heard in the Irish countryside?
The animals were hunted to extinction in Ireland in the late 18th Century, but there are increasing calls from ecologists to bring them back, potentially alongside another large predator, the lynx.
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Japan unleashes terrifying robot wolves to fight off bears attacking the elderly
From Mirror UK:
Terrifying robot wolves with gleaming red eyes and bared fangs are being unleashed in Japan after a spate of bear attacks against elderly residents.
The mechanical contraptions were originally designed to act like robotic scarecrows and keep wild animals away from farms. But due to a rise in the number of bears attacking people, authorities are using the wolves to scare them away. The first use of the Monster Wolf was recorded in autumn 2020, according to the president of its manufacturer, Wolf Kamuy.
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Pack of endangered Indian Grey Wolves traced in Burdwan West
From The Statesman:
The West Bengal forest department has spotted the highly endangered Indian Grey Wolves in the forests of Burdwan West district, said IFS officer Kalyan Das. This is the first time Indian Grey Wolves have been sighted in the forest cover of Tilabeni and Kantaberia forests, about 25 kilometers away from Durgapur.
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U of M student captures ‘second known video ever’ of wolf attacking beaver
From Bring Me the News:
A grad student has made a rare achievement: capturing video of a wolf attacking (and killing) a beaver.
The footage, recorded Sept 17, was shared on social media by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, a University of Minnesota research group studying wolf behavior in northern Minnesota’s forests. You can watch it below — but be warned, it gets pretty graphic.
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Dogs and wolves can remember where people hide food, scientists have found
From The Irish News:
Dogs and wolves appear to remember where people hide food, suggesting they are capable of a form of social learning known as observational spatial memory, according to scientists.
Observational spatial memory is a skill that involves the ability to remember and mentally map the layout of an environment or scene by simply observing it.
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