From The Outer Banks Voice:
Joe Madison stops the truck, gets out and plucks a tree frog off the front window, gingerly placing it out of danger in the shrubs adjacent to the road. He gets back in and resumes the drive to Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula.
Madison is the North Carolina Program Manager and Wildlife Biologist for the Red Wolf Recovery Program, managed by US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). He turns his head and says, “Even if they’re there, you probably won’t see them,” referring to the Red Wolves who call Alligator River and the surrounding lands home. “They want to be left on their own.”
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Wolf pack blamed in Colorado livestock attacks is captured and will be relocated
From NBC News:
Colorado wildlife officials said Monday that they captured and plan to relocate five members of the first pack of wolves to form under the state’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program.
A sixth wolf — the pack’s adult male — was captured but died in captivity due to injuries unrelated to its capture, officials said. That wolf had been involved in repeated attacks on livestock and officials said it would have been kept in captivity if it survived.
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Colorado wildlife advocates ‘devastated’ by death of reintroduced wolf in captured pack
From Montrose Press:
Wildlife advocates said Monday that they were “devastated” by the death of a reintroduced wolf that was captured late last month following a series of livestock depredations in the Middle Park area, and continued to place blame for the situation on a lack of effective conflict management and nonlethal control measures.
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Ranchers reach out to federal government to take over wolf reintroduction program
From Colorado Politics:
Ranchers who have lost dozens of livestock to wolves no longer have confidence in Colorado Parks and Wildlife and are now asking the federal government to intervene.
On Aug. 28, Don Gittleson of Jackson County and Conway Farrell of Grand County and their families wrote to regional officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, asking them to take control over decision-making regarding program to reintroduce wolves in Colorado.
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Adult wolf dies after Colorado recaptures pack suspected of killing livestock
From The Denver Post:
One of Colorado’s reintroduced wolves — the patriarch of the state’s newest pack — died of natural causes four days after being recaptured by state wildlife officials following a series of livestock killings.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists captured the wolf on Aug. 30 and it died on Sept. 3, the agency announced Monday. Biologists had found the wolf, identified as 2309-OR, in poor condition, with several injuries to a hind leg and severely underweight, according to CPW.
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Bringing Red Wolves back from the brink
From The Outer Banks Voice:
Joe Madison stops the truck, gets out and plucks a tree frog off the front window, gingerly placing it out of danger in the shrubs adjacent to the road. He gets back in and resumes the drive to Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula.
Madison is the North Carolina Program Manager and Wildlife Biologist for the Red Wolf Recovery Program, managed by US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). He turns his head and says, “Even if they’re there, you probably won’t see them,” referring to the Red Wolves who call Alligator River and the surrounding lands home. “They want to be left on their own.”
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A dead wolf and the future of Colorado’s wolf packs
From CBS News:
The death of a male wolf — one of the gray wolves released in Colorado last winter — is another sign of difficulty in re-establishing the animals in Colorado.
The wolf was believed to be a father to the Copper Creek Pack comprising four pups. Six animals were trapped by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers at the end of August amid concerns over the deaths of livestock in the Middle Park area. Experts believe the male was behind the attacks.
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Sportsmen’s Alliance Sues Fish and Wildlife Service for Failure to Act on ESA Wolf Petitions
From Sportsman Alliance:
Today, Sept. 9, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to compel the agency to issue findings on two petitions requesting gray wolf delisting and downlisting under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Wildlife Expert Assists in Wolf Threat Mitigation in Bahraich, UP
From devdiscourse.com:
In an effort to address the ongoing wolf threat in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, the forest department has enlisted the help of Dr. Shaheer Khan, a seasoned wildlife expert from the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, with eight years of experience in wolf search and rescue missions. Dr. Khan noted that wolves are social creatures typically found in packs consisting of four to eight individuals, led by an alpha pair. In the current situation, the pack comprises six wolves.
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California’s Gray Wolf Population Thrives, But Livestock Attacks Surge
From KQED:
California is once again home to gray wolves, a federally and state-protected endangered species, with its known population growing to over 50 wolves this year, up from zero for the better part of a century. However, a new report shows that attacks by wolf packs on livestock at ranches and farms have increased.
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Wolves could be shot in Netherlands after dog is killed
From TheTimes.com:
Aggressive wolves could soon be shot in the Netherlands in a challenge to European Union rules after a dog was fatally bitten in a woodland beauty spot.
Public anger in the country has been mounting this summer due to a series of wolf attacks, including an incident in which a small girl was stalked and injured during a school trip to a park.
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