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Wolf News - February 2024
FORMER DNR WARDEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR WOLF KILLING POSTED ONLINE ABOUT BAITING IN HIS YARD
February 29th: A former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) warden who served on the agency’s committee to create a new wolf management plan for the state is under investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for killing a wolf in his yard in December.
COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE RELEASES NEW WOLF MAP DEPICTING LOCATIONS OF FEBRUARY ACTIVITY
February 28th: Colorado Parks and Wildlife released its latest wolf activity map on Wednesday, depicting where collared wolves have been in Colorado over the past 35 days.
CONFIRMED: WHEELER COUNTY CALF KILLED BY WOLVES
February 27th, Oregon: The ODFW recently released information regarding a wolf kill in Wheeler County. On Februaryruary 16th, investigators confirmed that a wolf or wolves within the Fossil Wildlife Management Unit in Wheeler County had killed a 2-day old bovine calf. The depredation occurred on private property in Lost Valley.
February 26th: The enhanced GWO incorporates innovative approaches such as Chaotic Opposition Learning (COL), Mirror Reflection Strategy (MRS), and Worst Individual Disturbance (WID), and it’s called CMWGWO. MRS, in particular, empowers certain wolves to extend their exploration range, thus enhancing the global search capability.
WOLF DEPREDATION 'MULTIPLIER' PAYMENTS DEALT ANOTHER SETBACK IN OREGON
February 26th, Oregon: With the failure of a recent legislative proposal, compromise remains elusive on potentially paying Oregon ranchers a “multiplier” of their livestock value lost to wolves.
DNR CONFIRMS GRAY WOLF FOUND DEAD ON INTERSTATE NEAR DAVENPORT
February 25th, Iowa: The animal’s markings closely resemble those of a wolf caught on a trail camera in Delaware County in November
GRAY WOLF FOUND DEAD ON SCOTT COUNTY ROADSIDE; CAUTION URGED FOR COYOTE HUNTERS
February 23th, Iowa: A deceased young adult male gray wolf was discovered on Monday morning in the median of I-80 in Scott County, near the interchange with I-280.
TWO COLORADO WOLVES WANDERING CLOSE TO WYOMING BORDER, WHERE KILLING THEM IS LEGAL
February 23th, Wyoming: Two of the 10 wolves released in Grand and Summit counties in December were confirmed by CPW to have recently entered Moffat County.
CONSERVATION GROUPS TO SUE FEDS OVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PLAN
February 22nd, Rocky Mountain: Four conservation and animal protection groups plan to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) after it denied their petition to protect gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains under the Endangered Species Act.
BENTZ SEEKS ACTUAL COSTS OF WOLF REINTRODUCTION ON OREGON CATTLE RANCHERS
February 22nd, Oregon: There have been nearly 500 confirmed kills of livestock animals since gray wolves returned to Oregon nearly 30 years ago. Oregon 2nd District Congressman Cliff Bentz held a listening session Thursday in Prineville to learn the direct and indirect costs to cattle ranchers.
HOW A 13-YEAR-OLD DISCOVERED A POSSIBLE JAPANESE WOLF SPECIMEN
February 22nd, Japan: It’s November 2020, and despite the ongoing pandemic, groups of enthusiastic amateur researchers are making their way through the National Museum of Nature and Science’s Tsukuba Research Departments as part of its annual opening to the public.
CAN A LONE WOLF AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT? RED WOLF RESEARCHERS HAVE SURPRISING DATA
February 22nd, North Carolina: In the peer-reviewed journal Animal Conservation, the scientists said that correlation suggests that even a small population of red wolves, like the one that persists at Alligator River and nearby Pocosin Lakes in northeastern North Carolina, can have a noticeable impact on the broader ecosystem.
TWO WOLVES RESCUED FROM UKRAINE ARRIVE SAFELY IN GREECE
February 22nd, Europe: Two Eurasian wolves have arrived safely at a sanctuary in Northern Greece after being evacuated from war-torn Ukraine.
CONSEQUENCES FOR KILLING A GRAY WOLF INCLUDE POTENTIAL JAIL TIME
February 20th, Colorado: With applications for big game hunting licenses opening in March, there are plenty of rules to follow. Among those are the hefty consequences that come from killing a gray wolf.
CONSEQUENCES FOR KILLING A GRAY WOLF INCLUDE POTENTIAL JAIL TIME
February 20th: With applications for big game hunting licenses opening in March, there are plenty of rules to follow. Among those are the hefty consequences that come from killing a gray wolf.
GREAT PLAINS ZOO HELPS SAVE 'OUR WOLF' FROM EXTINCTION
February 20th, South Dakota: There are around 20 red wolves left in the wild. Breeding programs in captivity hope to give this species a boost — including a program in Sioux Falls.
SCIENTISTS TRACK LONGEST WOLF TREK ACROSS EUROPE THROUGH ITS DROPPINGS
February 19th, Europe: Researchers have traced the droppings of a German-born grey wolf that traversed three countries to reach northeastern Spain, making it the longest journey ever documented for that species, the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) said on Monday.
STUNNING DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWS WOLVES DIGGING TUNNELS THROUGH DEEP SNOW IN NORTHERN CHINA
February 19th, China: Drone footage shows a pack of wolves digging tunnels through one-meter-thick snow in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region.
WOLVES ARE BACK IN COLORADO’S WILDERNESS. THAT’S GREAT FOR THE EARTH.
February 16th, Colorado: Returning predators to wild places is a good starting point for dealing with our biodiversity crisis. Colorado can be a model for what states can do to repair their ecosystems.
WDFW PROPOSES GRAY WOLVES RECLASSIFY FROM ‘STATE ENDANGERED’ TO ‘SENSITIVE'
February 15th, Washington: By state standards, should gray wolves in Washington be designated endangered, threatened or simply sensitive?
WOLF TRAPPING SEASON CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT FEBRUARY. 15; 263 WOLVES KILLED SO FAR THIS WINTER
February 15th, Montana: The wolf trapping season is set to close in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' regions 1, 2, and 3 at midnight on February. 15.
FOREST SERVICE URGED TO BAN SHOOTING OF IDAHO WOLVES FROM HELICOPTERS
February 15th, Idaho: More than 30 wildlife conservation groups today urged the U.S. Forest Service to prohibit Idaho from paying private contractors to shoot wolves from aircraft in national forests in central and southeastern Idaho. The Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board recently approved the controversial predator control measure.
ROAMING WOLF-DOG CONTINUES TO ELUDE TRAP AND EXPAND RANGE IN PQB AREA
February 15th, Canada: Speculation now that multiple animals may be behind sightings and attacks.
FISH AND WILDLIFE ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER RECOVERY PLAN FOR GRAY WOLVES; COMPLETION EXPECTED BY 2025
February 14th: Federal wildlife officials are starting down a path to create the first-ever National Recovery Plan for gray wolves in the lower 48 states under the umbrella of the Endangered Species Act.
$50K REWARD OFFERED FOR INFORMATION ON GRAY WOLVES KILLED IN OREGON
February 14th, Oregon: Wolves are a protected species in the state and monitored under the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan.
VIDEO OF WOLF KILLING NORTHERN MINNESOTA DEER BECOMES POLITICAL FODDER
February 13th, Minnesota: "As you can see, wolves lost any fear of humans and are increasingly dangerous to livestock and pets and decimating our deer here," Stauber wrote.
SCIENCE SHOWS HEALTHY WOLF POPULATION
February 11th: The most recent data compiled by state and federal wildlife biologists shows a healthy, diverse and stable wolf population in the northern Rocky Mountains.
CHERNOBYL'S MUTANT WOLVES APPEAR TO HAVE DEVELOPED RESISTANCE TO CANCER, STUDY FINDS
February 11th, Ukraine: The wolves are exposed to cancer-causing radiation as they roam the wastelands of the abandoned city - with researchers finding part of their genetic information seems resilient to increased risk of the disease.
N.W.T. WOLF COLLARING PROGRAM GEARS UP FOR FINAL YEAR
February 10th, Canada: The program is a part of a larger effort to deter wolves from preying on Bathurst and Bluenose East caribou.
February 9th, Oregon: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday it is offering a $50,000 reward as it seeks information regarding the deaths of three endangered gray wolves found east of Bly in southern Oregon late last year.
February 9th: Researchers with Colorado State University spent two decades studying the ecosystems in Yellowstone National Park, with the goal of learning whether or not the reintroduction of wolves had any rapid impacts on willows and beavers.
POLL SHOWS MONTANANS GROWING MORE ACCEPTING OF WOLVES; SOME DISAGREE
February 7th, Montana: The wolf debate dates back decades. But a new study recently published by the University of Montana found Montanans are growing increasingly accepting of wolves.
CONSERVATION GROUPS INITIATE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST FEDS FOR FAILING TO PROTECT WOLVES
February 7th: Today, 10 conservation groups filed their 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“the Service”) for its failure to list western wolves under the Endangered Species Act.
RODENTICIDES WIDESPREAD IN ITALIAN WOLF CARCASSES
February 7th, Italy: Animals near cities had higher quantities of the pest-killing chemicals.
PETITIONS TO RE-LIST GRAY WOLF DENIED
February 6th: After a peer-reviewed assessment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday announced two petitions to re-list gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the Northern Rocky Mountains and the Western United States were “not warranted.”
WARM WEATHER FORCES MOOSE AND WOLF COUNT TO PAUSE IN REMOTE MICHIGAN PARK
February 2nd, Michigan: Researchers have conducted an annual survey of the animals’ population every year since 1958, except in 2021 due to Covid-19.
THE HISTORY OF GRAY WOLF PROTECTIONS IN THE LOWER 48
February 2nd: Wolves roamed the North American landscape for thousands of years, sharing the land with Indigenous peoples who first lived on these lands.
U.S. WON’T RESTORE PROTECTIONS FOR WOLVES IN ROCKIES, PROPOSES NATIONAL RECOVERY PLAN
February 1st: Federal wildlife officials on Friday rejected requests from conservation groups to restore protections for gray wolves across the northern U.S Rocky Mountains, saying the predators are in no danger of extinction as some states seek to reduce their numbers through hunting.