COLVILLE – For the past eight months, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police have been investigating six wolf deaths within the Wedge Pack territory in Stevens County, near Colville in northeast Washington state. Toxicology results revealed all six wolves died from ingesting poison.
Initially, investigators found four animals in late February, and within a month during searches of the area, WDFW found two additional wolves.
With wolf plan complete, Michiganders lobby state on possibility of a hunt
From GreatLakesNow.org:
After the latest change to gray wolves’ status under the federal Endangered Species Act, it’s illegal to hunt the iconic predators in Michigan.
But following the release of a state plan that opens the door to the possibility of future hunts, the animal’s friends and foes are already lobbying state species managers about whether Michigan should launch a hunt if wolves lose federal protections.
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Updated recovery plan for Mexican wolves aims to reduce human-caused deaths
From the Tucson Sentinel:
Mexican wolves nearly vanished from the Southwest in the early 1900s, but reintroduction efforts begun nearly 25 years ago have brought them back from the brink of extinction.
An updated recovery plan aims to further protect the endangered wolves through increased law enforcement, education and outreach to communities near where the wolves live. But the update has critics, who say it doesn’t go far enough.
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Investigation Continues into Poisoning of 6 Wolves in Northeast Washington State, Reward for Information Grows to $53,900
From Big Country News:
COLVILLE – For the past eight months, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police have been investigating six wolf deaths within the Wedge Pack territory in Stevens County, near Colville in northeast Washington state. Toxicology results revealed all six wolves died from ingesting poison.
Initially, investigators found four animals in late February, and within a month during searches of the area, WDFW found two additional wolves.
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Switzerland: More than 1,000 wolf attacks on livestock expected this year
From SwissInfo.ch:
The number of attacks on livestock in Switzerland, home to an estimated 200 wolves, has been rising owing to the increase in the number of wolves and packs roaming mainly in the Alps.
“Within just a few years, wolf populations have increased massively across Switzerland. While there was just one pack in 2012, there are now 20,” Christian Stauffer, managing director of the Swiss-based Kora Foundation told Blick newspaper on Monday.
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New Wisconsin wolf plan eliminates state population goal
From the Associated Press:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials on Thursday released their first new wolf management plan in almost a quarter-century but the document doesn’t establish a new statewide population goal, a number that has become a flashpoint in the fight over hunting quotas.
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The Power and Legacy of Yellowstone’s Alpha Female Wolf 06
From Psychology Today:
Rick McIntyre, who has logged more than 100,000 sightings of Yellowstone’s wolves, is a legend―or most people would say the legend―among wolf researchers. Jane Goodall calls him “the ultimate guru of wolf behavior.”
Rick’s previous three award-winning books covering various and wide-ranging details about the behavior of Yellowstone’s wolves are classics.
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“This could be fatal”: Dutch cyclists terrorised by “curious” wolves in popular national park
From road.cc:
Authorities scrambled to find a solution after numerous reports of cyclists in one of the Netherlands’ national parks being chased by wolves that have become unafraid of humans.
Experts believe the animals — around 20 of which now inhabit Veluwe following reintroduction in 2019 — might have eaten food left close to hiking trails and now associate humans with getting an easy meal.
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WDFW records cougar attacks on wolves; four confirmed since 2013
From The Reflector:
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recently reported evidence that cougars are killing wolves in Washington.
By using radio collar data, WDFW staff were able to track wolves. When a collar gave off a mortality signal, officials discovered the dead wolf was indeed killed by another predator.
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THE FIGHT TO STOP REPUBLICANS FROM KILLING WOLVES AND GRIZZLIES
From TheIntercept.com:
THE MOST ICONIC predators in the American West are under attack, and top government officials and agencies are failing to uphold the law to protect them. Those are the allegations in a pair of lawsuits filed in federal and state court recently.
Though filed separately, the two claims share a common concern: that wolf and grizzly bear populations in the Northern Rocky Mountains will be decimated.
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Netherlands: Dutch to ‘paintball’ wolves coming too close to humans
From TimesNowNews.com:
Amsterdam: To tackle the growing menace of wolves getting too familiar with humans and coming close to them, Dutch authorities have decided to ‘paintball’ them. Park rangers in the Netherlands will now be allowed to shoot wolves with paintballs, reported SkyNews.
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