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Wolf News - September 2020
REINTRODUCTION OF GRAY WOLVES TO BE ON COLORADO BALLOTS THIS NOVEMBER
September 28th: After 80 years, the reintroduction of gray wolves will be on the ballot for Colorado. Voting yes to proposition 114 means getting the first wolf paws on Colorado ground by 2023.
VOTERS IN SWITZERLAND DECIDE NOT TO WATER DOWN WOLF PROTECTION
September 27th: More than half of Swiss voters (51.9%) have rejected parliament’s changes to the hunting laws. The regulation of the wolf, a protected species, was at the centre of the debate.
GUNS VERSUS DOGS: SWISS DECIDE SUNDAY ON LAW TO EASE CURBS ON WOLF SHOOTING
September 25th: Rival sides are squaring up over a resurgent Swiss wolf population, ahead of a vote on Sunday which could make it easier to shoot the predators whose global comeback has also inflamed passions in the United States, Germany and France.
September 24th: After wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho in 1995, they meandered into bordering states. Then they sauntered farther afield. Eventually, lone wolves started popping up in Northwest Colorado.
VIRTUAL CONVERT WILL RAISE MONEY TO PRESERVE RED WOLVES
September 23rd: With fewer than 20 wild red wolves in existence, only in eastern North Carolina, they need help now more than ever, according to the church’s website. Donations will go directly to the Defenders of Wildlife red wolf fund to support on-the-ground outreach and advocacy efforts.
NORTH SHORE PHOTOGRAPHERS CAPTURE "AWE INSPIRING" ENCOUNTER WITH WHITE WOLF
September 19th: Hoping to photograph moose up close earlier this week, Paul Sundberg and David Johnson instead got close-up with a pack of seven wolves, including one nearly all white wolf.
TRAPPERS MAKE BIGGER CONTRIBUTION TO IDAHO WOLF HARVEST
September 18th: Idaho trappers will be able to harvest more wolves due to new or extended seasons that include much of October.
DOCUMENTARY FILM CAPTURES SUCCUESSFUL WOLF INTRODUCTION EFFORTS ON LAKE SUPERIOR'S ISLE ROYALE
September 16th: National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation (NPLSF) announced today the premiere of an original film produced in partnership with CuriosityStream, called Breakthrough: Return of the Wolves.
LEHIGH VALLEY ZOO MOURNS DEATH OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLF
September 16th: The Lehigh Valley Zoo announced the death of its 13½-year-old Mexican gray wolf named Beta on Wednesday.
DRIVER FACED PACK OF WOLVES ON DARK ROAD IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, VIDEO SHOWS
September 15th: There are less than 100 gray wolves spread across Yellowstone National Park’s 2.2 million acres, so a California man got lucky when he caught an entire pack in his headlights.
WOLF PUPS FROM SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO FOSTERED INTO ENDANGERED WILD PACK IN ARIZONA
September 15th: Wolf pups bred in captivity at a Kansas zoo are now part of a wild pack in Arizona.
MULTIPLE WOLVES AND POSSIBLE PUP ALIVE IN COLORADO AFTER KILLINGS OVER BORDER IN WYOMING
September 14t: With Colorado voters set to decide whether to order a re-introduction of wolves, wildlife officials using cameras and “howl surveys” say they’ve regularly detected multiple wolves in the northwestern part of the state — possibly including a pup from a newly-arrived pack.
RELOCATED ISLE ROYALE WOLVES FOR GROUPS, REDUCE MOOSE HERD
September 14th: Gray wolves that were taken to Michigan's Isle Royale National Park to rebuild its nearly extinct population are forming social groups, staking out territory and apparently mating.
IDAHO DOCUMENTS REVEAL WEEKS-OLD PUPS AMONG 570 MAIMED, SLAUGHTERED WOLVES
September 11th: As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that the removal of wolves from Endangered Species Act protection nationwide is “very imminent,” new data from Idaho show the ugly face of state wolf-management there.
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT UPDATING 19-YEAR-OLD WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN
September 10th: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will update its wolf management plan this year, and the public has the opportunity to provide input through virtual hearings in September and October.
KILLING OF THREE WOLVES DIMS HOPES FOR NEW COLORADO POPULATION
September 10th: At least half of the six wolves spotted moving into northwestern Colorado earlier this year were recently shot and killed just over the border in Wyoming. The remaining wolves’ status and whereabouts are uncertain.
HOWLING IN THE DARK: SHINING A LIGHT ON A NEWLY REMEMBERED WOLF
September 10th: Golden wolves (Canis anthus) are found across North Africa, as well as in the northern Sahel regions stretching from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east and as far south as northern Tanzania. But they were erased from formal taxonomy for 80 years.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAY WASHINGTON'S WOLF PROGRAM IS BROKEN
September 7th: Gov. Jay Inslee has directed the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to draft new rules governing the killing of wolves involved in conflicts with livestock, a move winning praise from conservation groups.
WYOMING WOLVES KILLED TO PREVENT LIVESTOCK LOSS
September 4th: Wyoming Game and Fish killed four wolves in northwestern Wyoming last week as part of an effort to control their interactions with livestock.
A HEART TO HEART WITH MANED WOLVES
September 4th: Maned wolves are a “keystone” species because they provide critical ecosystem services.
TRIBAL OFFICIALS, CONSERVATIONISTS WANT SAY IN WHAT TO DO ABOUT GROWING WOLF POPULATION
September 1st: Tribal representatives and conservationists are asking to be included in any process that may decide the state’s response to the increasing gray wolf population.