BOISE — Trappers can continue pursuing wolves under Idaho’s current regulations after a federal judge rejected a request by conservation groups to temporarily block the state’s expanded wolf trapping and snaring rules.
The decision by a U.S. magistrate judge isn’t on the merits of the case. It instead rejects a request by the groups fighting to halt the trapping and snaring rules until the case plays out and is decided.
Minnesota: Voyageurs’ cameras capture mom and pup wolves foraging for blueberries
From Yahoo.com:
Experts say it is the first footage of a mom and pup foraging for blueberries that they’re award of.
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Wolf advocates sue US Fish and Wildlife Service
From NMPoliticalReport.com:
Wildlife advocates are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, alleging that the revised management plan for the Mexican wolf fails to protect the wild canine.
In a suit filed Monday, the advocates—Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, New Mexico Wilderness Association, Wildlands Network, WildEarth Guardians and Western Watersheds Project—argued that the plan fails to promote genetic diversity, and leaves the wolf vulnerable to humans.
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Wisconsin wolf population show a 14% decline, but state officials say that was to be expected
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The population of gray wolves in Wisconsin was estimated at 972 last winter, a year-over-year decrease of 14%, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
The number of wolf packs was down too, from 292 in 2020-21 to 288 in 2021-22 and the average pack size dropped from 3.8 to 3.2, respectively.
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Washington: WDFW Director Authorizes Hunt For Leadpoint Wolves
From DailyFly.com:
(The Center Square) – Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind has authorized lethal removal of one or two wolves from the Leadpoint pack to stop repeated attacks on cattle in Stevens County.
The agency has confirmed three kills and two injuries of livestock grazing on private lands in the last 30 days. The number of depredations triggers a hunt under the state’s wolf management plan.
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Idaho: Judge won’t block wolf trapping, snaring regulations
From The Challis Messenger:
The decision by a U.S. magistrate judge isn’t on the merits of the case. It instead rejects a request by the groups fighting to halt the trapping and snaring rules until the case plays out and is decided.
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Rare One-in-a-million Bear Killed By Wolves Shortly After Being Spotted in USA’s Michigan
From News18.com:
Snapshots from a trail camera that captured an extremely rare black bear with white fur went viral recently. The images, which emerged on social media, showed the unique bear sniffing around. Unfortunately, the animal met with a tragic end as it was killed by wolves shortly after, reported Fox News.
The pictures had gained the internet’s attention for capturing the bear which was being touted as a one-in-a-million animal. The snaps were shared on Facebook by a page named Yooper Outdoors. “Happy Bear Eve!! There’s been a white, black bear on camera in the Yoop! Extremely rare, but you never know what May come walking into your bait!” read the caption posted with the photos.
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Oregon confirms new wolves on Warm Springs Reservation
From the Madras Pioneer:
Oregon wildlife officials said Tuesday they have identified a new family of wolves in the northern Cascade Mountains, bringing the total number of known wolf groups in the region to three.
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed the new family of wolves with two adults and two pups. They were discovered in December on the reservation of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, about 100 miles southeast of Portland.
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Princeton DNA analysis finds New York animal was a wolf
From the Adirondack Explorer:
A Princeton University DNA examination found a canid killed by a hunter in December near Cooperstown was a gray wolf, and the state Department of Environmental Conservation is now confirming that analysis.
Both DEC and wildlife advocates received lab results on Tuesday.
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Meet Maya, world’s first cloned wild arctic wolf
From IndiaToday.in:
For the first time ever, a wild arctic wolf was successfully cloned by a China-based gene firm. The firm, Sinogene Biotechnology, released a video of Maya, the world’s first cloned wild arctic wolf, 100 days after her birth in a Beijing lab.
Maya, the first ever cloned wild arctic wolf, is 100 days old and is in good health, the Global Times reported. Maya’s donor cell came from the skin sample of a wild female arctic wolf. Its oocyte was from a female dog and its surrogate mother was a beagle, the report said.
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Wolves Keep the U.S. Ecosystem in Check
From DiscoverMagazine.com:
Wolves have lived in the area that is now Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. for over 300,000 years. But there was a time — between about 1930 and 1995 — when no wolves walked the park.
In the early part of the 20th century, wolves were considered dangerous animals, with no benefit to the world. Even conservationists thought wolves were bad news. In fact, the lauded conservationist-president Teddy Roosevelt, who created the U.S. Forest Service, once called wolves “beasts of waste and desolation.” (He later softened his views on wolves and other big predators as he learned more about ecology.)
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