From The Local in Sweden:
It starts one minute after midnight on January 2nd, deep in the beautiful snow-covered countryside. A small party of hunters start tracking the wolves. Two wolves are found in the woods between Gävleborg and Dalarna län, which share a revir (wolf territory). This particular wolf territory is called “Tinäs”.
At 6am, the hunters have a morning meeting and then 150 hunters disperse to the different “quadrants” to go to their “pass”. A pass is the point a hunter will stand or sit, waiting for the wolves to come their way.
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What’s a day like at the biggest wolf hunt in Swedish history?
From The Local in Sweden:
It starts one minute after midnight on January 2nd, deep in the beautiful snow-covered countryside. A small party of hunters start tracking the wolves. Two wolves are found in the woods between Gävleborg and Dalarna län, which share a revir (wolf territory). This particular wolf territory is called “Tinäs”.
At 6am, the hunters have a morning meeting and then 150 hunters disperse to the different “quadrants” to go to their “pass”. A pass is the point a hunter will stand or sit, waiting for the wolves to come their way.
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Wisconsin DNR extends new wolf plan comment period
From TMJ4.com:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are giving people more time to comment on their new wolf management plan.
The state Department of Natural Resources released their first new wolf plan in almost 25 years in November. The plan doesn’t include a specific statewide population goal, recommending instead that the DNR with the help of advisory committees monitor decide whether to reduce local populations, keep them stable or let them grow.
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Wanted: the wolf that killed the EU president’s prized pony
From the nationalpost.com:
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Oregon: Two wolf attacks reported in High Valley in late December
From News.Yahoo.com:
Jan. 4—UNION COUNTY — Wolves in the High Valley area of Union County made their violent presence felt at the end of December.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reporting that “new” wolves in the Catherine Creek Wildlife Management Unit killed two calves on private land in separate attacks.
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How Colorado Plans to Reintroduce Wolves on Western Slope by 2023 Deadline
From the Pagosa Daily Post:
Colorado could be less than a year away from the state’s first relocation of gray wolves to parts of the Western Slope, as required by a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2020.
A draft plan released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife last month calls for the reintroduction of 10 to 15 wolves per year over the next three to five years, with an initial target of a stable population of at least 50 animals within the state. (You can download the 293-page plan here.)
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Fairytale return makes the wolf a folk devil again
From The Times in the UK:
“The wolves are running” is the haunting refrain in John Masefield’s classic seasonal tale The Box of Delights, and this winter the predator is back on the menace.
While Kay Harker and his friends have the magical powers of Old England to ward off the threat, on mainland Europe there is little anybody can do.
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A collared wolf from Michigan’s U.P. roamed more than 4,000 miles before it was killed
From MLive.com:
When a hunter in Manitoba, Canada legally shot and killed a gray wolf in early December, a radio collar found around its neck was the first clue to the incredible journey this animal had been on. The wolf had been collared in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the summer of 2021, and its GPS data since then showed this wolf’s multi-state and two-country trek was one for the record books.
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Swedish wolf hunt will be disastrous for species, warn experts
From The Guardian:
The biggest wolf cull in modern times has begun in Sweden as nature organisations warn it could drastically harm the population.
On Monday, the Guardian accompanied 200 hunters as they went to kill wolves in the frost-covered forests between Gävleborg and Dalarna, hunting from midnight until the sun set at 3pm. Groups will be going out across Sweden all month as they attempt to take down the large predators.
Wolf likely mauled sheep in north Luxembourg
From the Luxembourg Times:
A wolf likely killed a sheep in the north Luxembourg village of Troisvierges, which could be the fifth specimen of its kind to be found in the Grand Duchy in five years, after the protected species became extinct in much of Europe in the 19th century.
It is likely that the sheep was mauled by a wolf based on the bite marks, the nature administration agency said in a press release on Tuesday. The field where the dead sheep was found was searched with a dog trained to smell wolves who also signalled that the animal had been present.
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Washington: Wolf Advisory Group to debate livestock carcass disposal
From NCWLife.com:
Washington’s Wolf Advisory Group meets next week and one of its new members, Stevens County rancher Scott Nielsen, will be at the table for a discussion about predator activities and state management practices.
“I’m looking forward to engaging in an important dialogue that I hope leads to better balance in the enactment of state rules,” said Nielsen.
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