From WXXI News NPR:
There’s some cautious optimism these days among wildlife experts working to save the critically endangered red wolf. Progress to rebuild the wolf population has been slow, but after several years of setbacks, it might be headed in the right direction. From member station WUNC in Raleigh, Elizabeth Friend reports.
ELIZABETH FRIEND, BYLINE: Twice a day, a team of veterinary school students make the trek to a secluded spot on the campus of North Carolina State University to care for a handful of red wolves.
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Endangered red wolf population on the rebound with captive breeding program
From WXXI News NPR:
There’s some cautious optimism these days among wildlife experts working to save the critically endangered red wolf. Progress to rebuild the wolf population has been slow, but after several years of setbacks, it might be headed in the right direction. From member station WUNC in Raleigh, Elizabeth Friend reports.
ELIZABETH FRIEND, BYLINE: Twice a day, a team of veterinary school students make the trek to a secluded spot on the campus of North Carolina State University to care for a handful of red wolves.
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Wildlife officials plan to capture two Mexican wolves seen near Flagstaff
From KNAU NPR:
Wildlife officials intend to capture and possibly relocate two Mexican wolves recently spotted on national forest land near Flagstaff as part of a controversial plan.
In the past, wolves traveling north of Interstate 40 have been captured and relocated to the Experimental Population Area to the south.
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For almost two months, Colorado Parks and Wildlife didn’t tell the public it lost its source for new wolves
From 9 News:
DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials found out on June 11 that its source for more wolves had changed its mind, a CPW spokesperson told 9NEWS Investigates, but CPW did not share that information with the public for more than a month.
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Another wolf pack found in Schleswig-Holstein
From ASB Zeitung:
In Schleswig-Holstein, another wolf pack has been confirmed. “This is a great success for species protection in Schleswig-Holstein,” said Environment Minister Tobias Goldschmidt (Greens) on Friday. During a visit to a forest area near Langenlehsten in the Herzogtum Lauenburg district, the minister learned about the tasks of wolf management in Schleswig-Holstein.
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‘My two favourite animals are sheep and wolves’. In Portugal’s Montesinho, shepherds peacefully coexist alongside wolves
From BBC:
“My two favourite animals are sheep and wolves,” says Miguel Afonso as he looks over his flock of 200 sheep bleating and grazing on the gently rolling hills surrounding the village of Rio de Onor in northeastern Portugal. Holding his sturdy crook, the 34-year-old shepherd doesn’t see his love for wolves as inconsistent with his work. In the region of Montesinho, shepherds, sheep and wolves have coexisted for centuries.
“Wolves have caused me no trouble,” says Afonso while patting one of his six guard dogs, which protect his flock from attacks. “The wolves are actually helping me because they are hunting deer and boar, which damage my chestnut and grain plantations.”
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Wolf kills two goats on Schwägalp AR
From Blue News:
A wolf killed two goats on Schwägalp AR on Wednesday and Thursday. The animals were not protected by herd protection measures, wrote the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in a statement on Friday.
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Report shows where Colorado wolf was found dead, cause of death
From 9 News:
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report obtained by 9NEWS Investigates shows where and how a wolf was killed, most likely by a mountain lion, in northern Colorado earlier this year.
The tracking collar from Colorado’s wolf 2303 sent a mortality signal from Larimer County on April 18, after the wolf stopped moving, according to the wolf mortality report.
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WDFW Addresses Next Steps with Dominion Wolf Pack
From Statesman Examiner:
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved the lethal removal of one adult wolf from the Dominion wolf pack. According to Director Kelly Susewind, this approved action, formalized on July 31, is in response to continued attacks on cattle in Stevens County.
Wolf reintroduction has made it a lot harder to be a Colorado Parks and Wildlife employee
From The Denver Post:
WALDEN — Ranchers, hunters and state wildlife officials crammed into a Western Slope barn earlier this summer to discuss wolves, swatting mosquitoes as they introduced themselves and shared their experiences.
When it was Jeff Davis’ turn, the director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife girded himself for criticism over the controversial wolf reintroduction process. Standing just outside the barn’s doors, he acknowledged one of the most common complaints his agency hears these days: the deterioration of trust.
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CPW wolf updates include pups, 10j rule, and money for nonlethal livestock deterrence
From Aspen Public Radio:
During its July commission meeting, Colorado Parks and Wildlife got a deluge of wolf-related updates, after they reintroduced ten gray wolves to the state in December 2023.
One of those updates is officially bringing Colorado’s rules in line with federal rules about whether ranchers can kill wolves. The rules now state that ranchers may shoot wolves if they attack a working dog.
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