Wolf News - October 2021

FEDERAL JUDGE DECLINES TO ISSUE NEW INJUNCTION ON WISCONSIN WOLF HUNT

October 29th: A previous ruling from a Dane County judge remains in place, putting Nov. 6 hunt in question

SENATORS URGE EMERGENCY PROTECTIONS FOR WOLVES IN US WEST

October 28th: A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West in response to Republican-backed state laws that make it easier to kill the predators.

CHANGES TO 2021-2022 WOLF TRAPPING SEASON IN MONTANA

October 28th, Montana: The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved adjustments of the 2021-2022 Wolf Trapping Season in an effort to reduce non-target captures of federally protected lynx and grizzly bears.

US PROPOSES CHANGES TO MEXICAN GRAY WOLF MANAGEMENT

October 28th, New Mexico: Federal wildlife officials are proposing to change the way Mexican gray wolves are managed in the American Southwest, saying removing population limits and setting goals for genetic diversity will help the endangered species recover.

WOLF DOGS ARE COMING TO CLARK

October 27th, New Jersey: Wolf dogs are coming to town, specifically, they are coming to the Clark Public Library on November 4.

DNR NO LONGER ISSUING WOLF HUNTING LICENSES FOR FALL 2021 AFTER COURT ORDER

October 27th, Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is no longer issuing wolf hunting licenses for the Fall 2021 season.

INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS SEEK HIGH-LEVEL HELP FOR GRAY WOLF PUSH

October 27th, Washington D.C: Indigenous activists will be in D.C. this week to urge Interior Department officials to take emergency steps to quickly restore federal protections for some gray wolves, arguing the issue is a matter of culture to Native American tribes.

WOLF ESCAPES AFTER FENCES CUT AT CAMBRIDGESHIRE ANIMAL PARK

October 27th, England: A maned wolf escaped from a wildlife park after its enclosure and a perimeter fence were damaged, it has emerged.

DNA LINKING DOGS TO EXTINCT WOLVES SUGGESTS MAN'S BEST FRIEND MAY HAVE ORIGINS IN EAST ASIA, NOT EUROPE

October 26th, Japan: Scientists may have just discovered that the Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax), which went extinct over a century ago, might be the closest relative of modern dogs after studying the genomes of nine Japanese wolves.

FUTURE UNCERTAIN FOR WOLF PACK THAT KILLED CATTLE IN OREGON'S BAKER COUNTY

October 26th Oregon: The Lookout Mountain wolf pack, which has killed at least nine head of cattle and injured three others in eastern Baker County since July, has been pared from an estimated 11 wolves to three.

HUNGRY LIKE THE MANED WOLF PUP: CLIPS GIVE RARE GLIMPSE OF ELUSIVE CANINE

October 26th, Argentina: A camera trap in Argentina’s Iberá National Park has revealed rare images of one of the world’s most elusive species: the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus).

JUDGE ISSUES INJUNCTION BLOCKING WISCONSIN FALL WOLF HUNT

October 22nd, Wisconsin: A judge on Friday halted Wisconsin's fall wolf season two weeks before hunters were set to take to the woods, siding with wildlife advocacy groups who argued that holding the hunt would be unconstitutional.

JUDGE ORDERS POACHING PROTECTIONS FOR ENDANGERED MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES

October 21st: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has six months to develop new language in its Mexican gray wolf recovery plan, after a judge ruled it does not adequately address the illegal killing of wolves.

WOLVES IMPACT WETLANDS, HAVE UNIQUE HUNTING ABILITIES, RESEARCHER TELLS NATURE CLUB

October 20th, Canada: The Manitoulin Nature Club was established in 1979 to increase knowledge of nature for its members and to support the preservation of elements of natural history, many of which are unique to Manitoulin.

WISCONSIN DNR BOARD TAKES NO ACTION ON HIRING OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS IN WOLF HUNT LAWSUITS

October 19th, Wisconsin: The state Department of Natural Resources policy board took no action Monday after meeting in a closed session for more than an hour to discuss hiring its own attorneys in a lawsuit seeking to block the fall wolf hunt.

GREY WOLF SHILOH DIES AT MEMPHIS ZOO

October 19th, Tennessee: The Memphis Zoo is mourning the loss of 12-year-old grey wolf Shiloh this week.

OJIBWE TRIBES, CONSERVATIONISTS SUING STATE OVER NOVEMBER WOLF HUNT

October 18th, Wisconsin: The Ojibwe and conservations are suing the state to stop this year’s hunt all together.

GRAY WOLVES LEFT VULNERABLE WITHOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTIONS

October 11th: Fewer than 6,000 gray wolves remain in the contiguous United States, but last year the Trump administration stripped the species of its endangered species protections. Now states are free to enact laws that allow the killing of up to 90% of their gray wolf population.

WELCOME HOME, HYDE: VIRGINIA LIVING MUSEUM HAS A NEW RED WOLF

October 11th, Virginia: In colonial times, red wolves ranged throughout the Southeast. According to the museum, there are likely less than 20 red wolves remaining in the wild.

HIGH-SCHOOLERS TRACKED A WOLF PACK FOR YEARS. THE FEDS KILLED EIGHT OF THE PUPS, CONSERVATIONISTS SAY.

October 11th, Idaho: After conservationists obtained a wolf “mortality list” from the state’s Department of Fish and Game, they realized pups in the Boise National Forest’s Timberline pack were killed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services branch, Stone told The Washington Post.

NORTHLAND TO HOST WOLF-AWARENESS EVENTS

October 7th, Wisconsin: Suzanne Asha Stone, co-founder of the Wood River Wolf Project and senior northwest representative for Defenders of Wildlife, will be the keynote speaker for the 2021 Wolf Awareness Week, slated for Oct. 17–23.

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DEFENDS WILDLIFE SERVICES’ KILLING OF WOLF PUPS IN IDAHO

October 6th, Idaho: The Biden administration defended the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services’ actions in Idaho in a letter Tuesday after the agency preemptively killed eight wolf pups from Idaho’s Timberline pack in response to complaints from a rancher grazing livestock on public lands.

MONTANA’S ONCE PROUD WILDLIFE LEGACY IN TATTERS OVER WOLVES

October 6th, Montana: For years, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has owned a gold-plated reputation nationally for how it stewards wildlife managed in the public trust. But now, a groundswell of critics say that legacy is being dismantled by extremist ideology.

ANALYSIS: IDAHO’S NEW LAW REIGNITES DECADES-OLD DEBATE ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE WOLVES

October 6th, Idaho: Federal authorities’ decision to review whether to relist gray wolves in the West under the Endangered Species Act challenges new anti-wolf laws passed in Idaho and Montana.

WISCONSIN DNR DEFIES BOARD, REDUCES FALL WOLF QUOTA

October 5th, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials on Monday dramatically scaled back the number of wolves hunters can kill during the state's fall season in open defiance of its policy board.

OREGON WOLF’S EPIC TRIP TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD BE AMONG THE CENTURY’S LONGEST

October 5th, Oregon: An Oregon gray wolf’s epic walkabout in Southern California is pushing the boundaries of the endangered species’ range.

TRIBES, ENVIROS PAN WYO WOLF KILL POLICY IN ESA PETITIONS

October 4th, Wyoming: Several conservation organizations and numerous Native American tribes are citing Wyoming’s wolf predator zone — the roughly 85 percent of the state where wolves can be killed at any time by any means — as evidence of the need for renewed federal protection of the gray wolf.

A PLAN TO KILL 300 WOLVES IN WISCONSIN HAS SPARKED OUTRAGE AMONG TRIBAL NATIONS

October 1st, Wisconsin: This November, up to 300 gray wolves are scheduled to be slaughtered in a hunt approved by Wisconsin state officials, despite the opposition of tribal communities.

WISCONSIN WOLF HUNT LAWSUIT

October 1st, Wisconsin: Federal sets hearing on blocking Wisconsin wolf hunt.