Wolf News - February 2020

'LURKING' COYOTE CAPTURED, RELOCATED TO WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

February 17th, Georgia: The Atlanta Coyote Project announced that a rare black coyote that had been lurking in Cobb County since December has been captured and now has a new home at Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary.

HEALTH OF PACKS STUDIED, NEW WOLVES IDENTIFIED IN ANNUAL MEXICAN GRAY WOLF COUNT

February 10th, Arizona: For the past three months, biologists and technicians have roamed the region enumerating wolves and their packs in the Apache-Sitgreaves and Gila national forests. They’re members of the Interagency Field Team, a consortium of federal, tribal and state agencies charged with ensuring the recovery of one of the country's most imperiled wolf species.

YELLOWSTONE BIOLOGIST REFLECTS ON WOLVES AND ELK

February 9th: Doug Smith, Yellowstone Biologist, arrived in Yellowstone National Park in 1994 with orders to reintroduce wolves there. The same year, a cow elk numbered 1125, was born. The Star-Tribune caught up with Smith to talk to him about the past 25 years, what he has seen, what elk 1125 likely saw, and what is next for Yellowstone’s elk and wolves.

COLORADO LAWMAKER CLAIMS WOLVES WILL HUNT HIKERS AND SKIERS

February 6th, Colorado: Science disagrees. Since 1900, there have been two confirmed fatal wolf attacks in all of North America: one in Alaska and one in Canada. Wolves avoid human contact. People have “a greater chance of being killed by a dog, lightning, a bee sting or a car collision with a deer, than of being injured by a wolf,” according to the International Wolf Center.

ENDANGERED WOLF FOUND DEAD IN CALIFORNIA, OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING

February 6th: OR-54, a nearly 4-year-old female wolf from Oregon, moved into California in the spring of 2018. State wildlife agency officials announced today that wolf OR-54 was found dead yesterday in Shasta County.

Another article on this subject can be found here