Wolf News - June 2020

FEDS KILL ANOTHER ENDANGERED MEXICAN GRAY WOLF

June 26th: Three-legged Arizona Wolf Father Is Latest Victim in Half-year of Shooting, Trapping.

ZOOMONTANA WELCOMES ORPHANED WOLF PUP

June 23rd: ZooMontana is now home to a 7-week-old Grey Wolf pup.

'CARING AND COOPERATIVE': VIDEO OF TWO WOLVES IS ALL ABOUT BEING KIND TO EACH OTHER

June 23rd: The black-furred wolf stares at the camera with an intense gaze as the other one keeps on grooming it.

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SURVEY FINDS STRONG SUPPORT FOR WOLVES AMONG MINNESOTANS

June 22nd: A new wolf advisory committee holds its first meeting online as the DNR moves toward an updated wolf management plan.

POSITIVE YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF WOLVES LINKED TO GREATER TOLERANCE

June 22nd: A new study from North Carolina State University suggests that people have more tolerance for wolves after seeing positive videos about them, which could make YouTube an important wolf conservation tool.

MOST DUTCH PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WOLVES RETURNING TO NETHERLANDS

June 21st: A survey commissioned by the Dutch government showed that despite recent incidents of wolves attacking farm animals, a majority of Dutch people have no problem coexisting with the animals.

COLORADO'S FIGHT OVER WOLVES HAS A NEW BATTLEGROUND: PARASITIC POOP

June 19th: Disease a ‘major public threat,’ opponents say

SCIENCE MUST TRUMP POLITICS FOR WOLVES TO SURVIVE

June 19th: Reduced to just seven survivors and exterminated from the U.S. Southwest when placed on the Endangered Species List in 1976, Mexican gray wolves, or “lobos,” are lucky to be alive today.

WASHINGTON APPROVES KILLING OF 2 WOLVES THAT PREY ON CATTLE

June 19th: The state of Washington on Friday authorized the killing of two wolves in the Togo pack in Ferry County because of repeated depredations of cattle grazing in the Kettle River Range.

WILDLIFE ADVOCATED SUE FOREST SERVICE OVER RISING WOLF BODY COUNT IN WASHINGTON

June 17th: Twenty-six wolves killed—including the Profanity Peak Pack—due to agency’s continued preferential treatment for livestock grazing over coexistence with wildlife.

STATE PULLS GRAY WOLF TRAPS IN RICH COUNTY

June 13th: Utah officials are pulling the traps they set out earlier this month in Rich County that were meant to catch a rare gray wolf that had killed a calf there, according to FOX13.

LETTER: RETURN OF WOLVES TO UTAH SHOULD BE CELEBRATE

June 12th: Rather than celebrating the rare occurrence of a wolf in Utah and educating the public about the ecological benefits the return of this iconic carnivore could provide, the state is doing their best to trap and kill them.

SHY WOLF SANCTUARY SECURES $1.7M CONTRACT FOR NEW 17-ACRE LOCATION

June 12th: Wolves and wolf dogs at a Collier sanctuary are one step closer to moving into a newer, larger encampment.

CSU UNVEILS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON POTENTIAL RESTORATION OF WOLVES IN COLORADO

June 11th: Colorado residents will vote in November on a ballot initiative that calls for the proposed reintroduction of gray wolves to the state.

WOLVES ARE PROTECTED EVEN IN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, TOP EU COURT RULES

June 11th: Europe's wolf population is slowly recovering with them granted protected status in special habitats. The EU's highest court has ruled that preservation legislation still applies if wolves stray into inhabited areas.

LESSONS ON MARRIAGE AND LIFE FROM THE WOLF-DOGS

June 11th: Renee Dutcher and Teo Alfero have learned to be better partners and parents in their work rescuing, rehabilitating and training wolf-dogs at their California sanctuary.

FRANCE'S WOLF POPULATION RISES FURTHER TO 580 ADULTS

June 10th: France's wild wolf population rose again last year, with officials counting 580 adults at winter's end compared with an average of 530 a year ago, France's OFB biodiversity agency said Tuesday.

ELIMINATION OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLF PACK A BLOW TO CONSERVATION EFFORTS

June 9th: Killing of Prieto pack in Gila National Forest by federal agents and private ranchers highlights longstanding tensions between wolf conservation and public lands livestock grazing.

ENDANGERED MEXICAN WOLVES WELCOME 7 PUPS AT ALBUQUERQUE ZOO

June 9th: Two endangered Mexican gray wolves housed at the Albuquerque zoo are the proud parents of seven pups

INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER, ELY

June 8th: The International Wolf Center in Ely opened in 1989 with a mission of sharing unbiased educational information about wolves, their place in the ecosystem, and their interaction with humans.

FEDS, NOT STATE, RESPONSIBLE FOR REQUESTING WOLF RELEASES

June 8th: The guest column on March 9, “More wild lobos means we need more releases, pronto,” does not take into account (1) the Memorandum of Agreement the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the N.M. Department of Game and Fish and the Arizona Game and Fish Department entered into in March 2018, and (2) the Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan, First Revision from November 2017.

CLASH OF WOLVES, CATTLE CONTINUES NEAR JACKSON

June 6th: The conflict, which unfolded just 4 miles north of Jackson, traces to the abundant elk population just across Highway 89, where a vast ungulate winter range sprawls across the National Elk Refuge