From WCMU Public Media:
Gray wolves on Isle Royale are exhibiting unusual behavior and getting a bit too comfortable with people.
Isle Royale is home to 30 gray wolves that were re-introduced in 2019. Their population has been steady, but reports of human-wolf interactions are increasing, according to the National Park Service.
The park has implemented “hazing” measures like shooting wolves with paintballs and installing electric fences around dumpsters to scare wolves away from populated areas. The park has also updated its guidelines on food storage, recommending campers lock up food and hikers keep their packs on them.
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State group presents new legislation for Wyoming’s predators
From Buckrail.com:
WYOMING — On Wednesday, Aug. 28, Wyoming’s Treatment of Predators Working Group released two draft bills poised to establish legislation for the treatment of wolves and coyotes in the state.
Both proposed bills, which are sponsored by Teton County Representative and Chair of the Predators Working Group Liz Storer, are expected to be considered by the Wyoming legislature this fall. Storer told Buckrail that the Working Group is a selection of legislators, public agency officials and representatives of the agriculture industry and sportsmen groups.
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Truths about India’s much-maligned wolves, an ancient species fighting extinction
From Hindu Times:
The current incident in Bahraich has been blown out of proportion in the media maligning the species as a vicious killer of humans.
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Why wolves are attacking kids in Bahraich. How wolf pack has turned quiet villages of UP into fear zones
From Economic Times:
In the Hardi region of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich, a cluster of around 30 villages has witnessed a spate of wolf attacks since March, resulting in nine deaths, including eight children, and multiple injuries. The crisis seems to stem from habitat disruption caused by the swollen Ghaghara river, pushing wolves towards human settlements.
Gray wolves making historic comeback in California
From KTVU.com:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – After being on the verge of extinction in California, the gray wolf is making an historic comeback to the state.
The last gray wolf in California was killed in 1924.
But wolves started coming from Oregon in 2011, and now the gray wolf population in California has grown. to a current count of 44.
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Wolf 101 Coming to Hanson Nature Center
From KIOW.com:
The Winnebago County Conservation Board will be hosting a program entitled Wolf 101 at the Hanson Nature Center on September 14th , beginning at 1:30 PM. The program will last 45-60 minutes and will be held in conjunction with the “Wolves and Wild Lands” traveling exhibit that is on display at the Center through the month of September. So, people will also be able to view the exhibit before or after the program.
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Wolf attack: Three days, three attacks, another child injured
From Hindustan Times:
One Afsana, 5, was sleeping along with her grandmother in the courtyard of her house, when a wolf attacked the girl, grabbing her by the neck.
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El Paso advocates aim to restore Mexican gray wolf to West Texas
From YourBasin.com:
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Rick LoBello has never seen a Mexican gray wolf in the wild, but has spent the past 46 years trying to help restore the animal as an apex predator into the wild landscapes of West Texas, after it disappeared from the region.
“I went to Sul Ross State University and worked on my master’s degree and right across the street from my dorm was a Mexican wolf. A few months later, it was poisoned by someone that didn’t like wolves,” LoBello said.
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National Park Service responds to bold Isle Royale wolves
From WCMU Public Media:
Gray wolves on Isle Royale are exhibiting unusual behavior and getting a bit too comfortable with people.
Isle Royale is home to 30 gray wolves that were re-introduced in 2019. Their population has been steady, but reports of human-wolf interactions are increasing, according to the National Park Service.
The park has implemented “hazing” measures like shooting wolves with paintballs and installing electric fences around dumpsters to scare wolves away from populated areas. The park has also updated its guidelines on food storage, recommending campers lock up food and hikers keep their packs on them.
Click here for the full story.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has likely captured a wolf by now, expert says
From 9 News:
DENVER — Almost a week ago, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced its employees “have begun an operation to capture and relocate wolves” from Grand County.
The Colorado wildlife agency said it is relocating wolves from the Copper Creek pack – two adults and at least three pups – that are responsible for livestock depredations.
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As wolves swoop, Austrians grab guns for contested cull
From PHYS.org:
After wolves swooped from the forest and savaged her lambs, Austrian sheep farmer Renate Pilz feels like giving up. Others, to the anger of conservationists, are reaching for their rifles.
She showed AFP photos of her animals, bleeding and so badly bitten that they had to be put down.
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