From WildBeimWild.com:
Since 1 September, Switzerland’s fourth preventive wolf regulation has been underway. After five weeks, at least 26 kills within this regulation have been documented according to official figures. In addition, there was one reactive individual kill in Valais. The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has already granted authorisations for 37 packs.
No authority publishes an overall tally, so IG Wild beim Wild has compiled the figures published by the cantons.
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[Switzerland] Five Weeks of Wolf Regulation 2026: At Least 26 Wolves Killed
From WildBeimWild.com:
Since 1 September, Switzerland’s fourth preventive wolf regulation has been underway. After five weeks, at least 26 kills within this regulation have been documented according to official figures. In addition, there was one reactive individual kill in Valais. The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has already granted authorisations for 37 packs.
No authority publishes an overall tally, so IG Wild beim Wild has compiled the figures published by the cantons.
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7 Endangered Red Wolves to Travel from Durham to Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem
From YonkersTimes.com:
On Tuesday, October 13, Pilots To The Rescue will fly seven endangered Red Wolves from Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County to New Jersey where they will be driven to their final destination.
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Wisconsin DNR apologizes for not consulting with tribes on the killing of 9 wolves
From Wisconsin Public Radio:
An intertribal agency is objecting to the state’s decision to kill nine wolves in northern Wisconsin without consulting tribes, prompting an apology from the head of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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Colorado to stop killing wolves amid worries over falling population, parasites and low pup counts
From Colorado Public Radio:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says it will temporarily suspend its directive that allows the killing of gray wolves that harass or kill livestock, over fears that population growth may not occur this biological year and possible evidence of an infectious parasite “that could impact wolf survival” in the future.
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Red wolf recovery virtual meeting happening Tuesday night
From WITN.com:
RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) – The public will get the chance to ask questions and hear how a program aimed at helping North Carolina’s red wolves recover is doing in a virtual meeting.
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Wildlife among us: learning to live alongside Europe’s wild animals
From RewildingEurope.com:
From beavers building dams in city centres to bison roaming through villages, many European wildlife species are increasingly returning to landscapes shaped by people. With the continent’s wild animals demonstrating a remarkable ability to adapt to our presence, can we learn to adapt to theirs?
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The [Spanish] legislature approves the first Food Waste Law and leaves the wolf in a legal limbo.
From Democrata.es:
The legislature that concludes after the announcement of general elections on the next November 29 bids farewell with one of its most notable regulatory milestones: the approval of the first Law on the Prevention of Food Loss and Waste.
However, the parliamentary processing of this regulation ended up placing the management of the Iberian wolf in a kind of regulatory void.
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Swiss canton shot 17 wolves in September
From SwissInfo.ch:
According to Arno Puorger, head of the Large Carnivores Division at the Cantonal Office for Hunting and Fisheries, a total of 61 wolves are currently authorised for culling.
The wolf cull began on September 1 and will continue until the end of January at the latest. Authorised hunters can take part in the wolf cull during the main and special hunting seasons.
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Shepherds turn to dogs to defend sheep from wolves on the Veluwe [Netherlands]
From DutchNews.nl:
Shepherds in the Veluwe region have come up with a novel solution to deter wolf attacks by hiring Italian mountain dogs to guard their sheep.
Stichting Schapedrift Ermelo, a volunteer organisation that tends a herd of sheep on the heathlands in Gelderland, acquired two Maremmano-Abruzzese sheepdogs this summer to protect the herd from prowling wolves.
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Tribal communities respond to reports of euthanized [Wisconsin] wolf pack
From The Wisconsin Examiner:
The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is condemning what it calls a lack of communication between state agencies and tribal communities after nine wolves were trapped and euthanized in Price County. In a press release, the commission described the wolves as a pack consisting of four pups, three yearlings, and two adults.
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