Push for law change after man brought wolf he hit with snowmobile into a bar
3 months, 1 week ago

Push for law change after man brought wolf he hit with snowmobile into a bar

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Outrage over how a man struck a wolf with a snowmobile, taped the injured animal's mouth shut and brought it into a bar has resulted in a proposal to tweak Wyoming's animal cruelty law to apply to people who legally kill wolves by intentionally running them over. Although further changes to the draft bill may be in the works, the proposal up for discussion Monday wouldn't change much, said Kristin Combs, executive director of Wyoming Wildlife Advocates. open image in gallery A sign marking the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park Caught on camera, the wolf seen lying on a bar floor in Sublette County led to calls to boycott Wyoming’s $4.8 billion-a-year tourism industry centered on Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, which comprise a prime wolf habitat not far from where the wolf was struck. The draft bill to be discussed Monday would allow somebody who intentionally hits a wolf with a vehicle to be charged with felony animal cruelty if it survives and they don't kill it right away.

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Animal groups are urging tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Animal groups are urging tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar

Associated Press  

— As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight. The social media accounts of Wyoming’s tourism agency are being flooded with comments urging people to steer clear of …

Wolf kills a calf in Colorado, the first confirmed kill after the predator’s reintroduction
9 months ago

Wolf kills a calf in Colorado, the first confirmed kill after the predator’s reintroduction

Associated Press  

DENVER — A wolf has killed a calf in Colorado, wildlife officials said Wednesday, confirming the first livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the aggrievement of the state’s rural residents. Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed after an investigation that the wounds of the calf killed Tuesday, and nearby wolf tracks, were consistent with …

Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves
11 months ago

Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups said Wednesday that it will sue to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to restore Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. “It’s beyond frustrating that federal officials are harming wolf recovery by denying wolves in the Northern Rockies the powerful federal …

US won’t restore protections for wolves in Rockies, proposes national recovery plan
11 months, 1 week ago

US won’t restore protections for wolves in Rockies, proposes national recovery plan

Associated Press  

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. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service also said it would work on a first-ever national recovery plan for wolves, …

Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions
1 year ago

Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions

Associated Press  

DENVER, Colo. — Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks, at the behest of urban voters and to the dismay of rural residents who don’t want the predators but have waning influence in the Democratic-led state. Suburbs and cities along Colorado’s Front Range, which includes Denver, carried the vote despite strong opposition across less-densely populated …

Government kills hundreds of Minnesota wolves to protect ranchers’ profits
1 year, 4 months ago

Government kills hundreds of Minnesota wolves to protect ranchers’ profits

Raw Story  

It’s not easy being a wolf in northern Minnesota. In Minnesota, the agency’s staffers answer complaints from ranchers who lose cattle and other livestock to wolf predation. “It’s both heartbreaking and infuriating to see the amount of resources spent killing native wildlife species in comparison to resources spent protecting and restoring them,” Lindsay Larris, of the advocacy group WildEarth Guardians, …

Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules
2 years, 2 months ago

Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules

Associated Press  

— Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana and its wildlife management agency alleging it illegally set hunting and trapping policies and quotas intended to reduce the gray wolf population by making it easier to kill the predators. Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature in 2021 passed bills that allowed the state to reduce the wolf population, authorize …

Wolves shot in Wyoming may be from a Colorado pack
2 years, 2 months ago

Wolves shot in Wyoming may be from a Colorado pack

Associated Press  

DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials believe that three wolves shot and killed just over the state’s border in Wyoming may have belonged to Colorado’s closely watched North Park wolf pack. The North Park pack, which often crosses into Wyoming where hunting wolves is legal, gained notoriety last year after birthing Colorado’s first known litter of pups in 80 …

A fight over wolves pits facts against feelings in Wisconsin
2 years, 7 months ago

A fight over wolves pits facts against feelings in Wisconsin

Salon  

Maybe it was the heat that afternoon in Madison, or maybe it was sheer exhaustion as the meeting approached its sixth hour. Then, this past February, a federal judge ruled that the Fish and Wildlife Service has not followed the "best available science" in delisting wolves, restoring federal protections to all wolves outside of the Northern Rockies. "They're taking a …

Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed
2 years, 11 months ago

Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed

Associated Press  

— Montana wildlife commissioners on Friday moved to shut down gray wolf hunting in a portion of the state around Yellowstone National Park, amid mounting criticism over a record number of the animals shot or trapped after roaming across the park boundary this winter. Greg Gianforte told Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly in a recent letter that once a wolf exits …

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
3 years ago

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park

Associated Press  

— Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according to park officials. But with months to go in Montana’s hunting season —- and wolf …

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
3 years ago

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twenty of Yellowstone National Park's …

Hunters kill 20 gray wolves that roamed out of Yellowstone
3 years ago

Hunters kill 20 gray wolves that roamed out of Yellowstone

LA Times  

A wolf from the Wapiti Lake pack is seen in 2018 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according …

Montana wants protections lifted so public can hunt grizzlies
3 years, 1 month ago

Montana wants protections lifted so public can hunt grizzlies

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Following a spate of grizzly bear attacks in 2021, Montana officials have called for the …

Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West
3 years, 2 months ago

Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West

Associated Press  

— 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. Twenty-one U.S. senators led by New Jersey’s Cory Booker and Michigan’s Gary Peters asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to shield wolves from being …

US: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting
3 years, 3 months ago

US: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration said Wednesday that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-backed state laws made it much easier to kill the predators. It marks an abrupt turnaround for the federal wildlife agency and brought a swift pushback from Montana’s Republican governor, who said officials in Washington shouldn’t be “second …

US tribes demand emergency protection for wolves
3 years, 3 months ago

US tribes demand emergency protection for wolves

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of American Indian tribes asked the Biden administration Tuesday to immediately enact emergency protections for gray wolves, saying states have become too aggressive in hunting the animal. But Izzy Baird, a spokeswoman for Relist Wolves Coalition, which has been working with tribal nations on the issue, noted in an email that Wisconsin hunters went over their …

Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries grow
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries grow

Associated Press  

FARIBAULT, Minn. — President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But wolf management policies in place at the state level have shifted dramatically since protections were lifted, and Frazer suggested the federal government could take steps to restore protections if population declines …

Wisconsin sets 300-wolf limit after runaway spring hunt
3 years, 4 months ago

Wisconsin sets 300-wolf limit after runaway spring hunt

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wildlife officials in Wisconsin set a 300-animal limit Wednesday for the state’s fall wolf hunt, exceeding biologists’ recommendations as they study the impact of a rushed spring season that saw hunters take almost twice as many wolves as allotted. State Department of Natural Resources scientists asked its policy board to cap kills at 130 animals, saying board …

US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans
3 years, 10 months ago

US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans

Associated Press  

— Payments for dead wolves. And in Wisconsin, just weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration lifted protections for wolves in the Great Lakes region, hunters using hounds and trappers blew past the state’s harvest goal and killed almost twice as many as planned. What’s emerging now is different: an increasingly politicized campaign to drive down wolf numbers sometimes using methods …

Wisconsin hunters exceed wolf target by nearly 100 animals
3 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin hunters exceed wolf target by nearly 100 animals

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin hunters and trappers killed nearly double the number of wolves that the state allotted for a weeklong season, and they did it so quickly that officials ended the hunt after less than three days, according to figures released Thursday. “This week’s hunt proves that now, more than ever, gray wolves need federal protections restored to protect …

Hunters and trappers blow past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target
3 years, 10 months ago

Hunters and trappers blow past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn’t supposed to happen for another nine months and raising the ire of animal rights activists. The Department of Natural Resources closed the season Wednesday afternoon after hunters and trappers had killed 178 wolves, …

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters
4 years, 2 months ago

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters

Associated Press  

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. “I’ve got a simple message: It’s not that bad,” said Yellowstone wolf biologist Doug Smith, who with Phillips brought the first wolves into the park in 1995. We still have elk and deer.” On a cold October morning, after examining remains of the bison eaten by the Junction Butte pack near a park road, Smith said …

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters
4 years, 2 months ago

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters

Associated Press  

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. “I’ve got a simple message: It’s not that bad,” said Yellowstone wolf biologist Doug Smith, who with Phillips brought the first wolves into the park in 1995 and has followed their impacts on the landscape perhaps as closely as anyone. “They say they’ll compensate for lost cattle and sheep, but how would it feel for these …

Trump wants to remove protections for wolves. Idaho shows why that's a bad idea
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump wants to remove protections for wolves. Idaho shows why that's a bad idea

Salon  

Almost a century ago, gray wolves were completely eradicated from western states due to aggressive campaigns using bounties, traps and poisons. But in 2011, once their federal protections were removed in Idaho, the state quickly returned to aggressive wolf control methods including the recent use of helicopters to gun down seven wolves on national forest land in the Lolo District …

Wolves prove resilient, but proposal could curtail expansion
5 years, 9 months ago

Wolves prove resilient, but proposal could curtail expansion

Associated Press  

— A proposal to strip gray wolves of their remaining federal protections could curtail their rapid expansion across vast swaths of the U.S. West and Great Lakes, yet the predators already are proving to be resilient in states where hunting and trapping occur. Thursday’s Interior Department proposal to remove threatened and endangered species protections for wolves would end a decades-long …

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