Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
2 years, 11 months 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 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 wolf hunting season —- and wolf trapping season just getting underway — park officials said they expect more wolves will die after roaming from Yellowstone, where hunting is prohibited. Park Superintendent Cam Sholly first raised concerns about wolves dying last September near the park's border and more recently urged Republican Montana Gov. Urged by Republican lawmakers, Montana wildlife officials last year loosened hunting and trapping rules for wolves statewide and eliminated longstanding wolf quota limits in areas bordering the park.

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Catch or kill orders out for wolves
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Catch or kill orders out for wolves

Hindustan Times  

‘Catch or eliminate’ orders have been issued for the two elusive wolves linked to the deaths of 10 people, including nine children, in Bahraich. The animal is small in size unlike a tiger or a leopard, hence, catching them is still a better option than eliminating,” said Srivastava, who issued the order as chief wildlife warden, Uttar Pradesh. An assessment …

From fringes to courtyards, wolves take centre stage for third time in nearly three decades
3 months, 3 weeks ago

From fringes to courtyards, wolves take centre stage for third time in nearly three decades

Hindustan Times  

For years, wolves have been co-existing with humans on the fringes. Forest staff have caught four of the six wolves in the pack responsible for killing 10 villagers, including nine children since March. “Unless you catch the remaining two, the fact whether there are more or just six killing children will come to fore,” said Habib, who did his Ph.D …

Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles

Associated Press  

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock, marking an early stumble in the voter-driven initiative. Colorado’s attempt to instead capture problem wolves comes after an agency spokesperson told The Associated Press last week that officials wanted to avoid killing them …

Animal groups are urging tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar
7 months, 4 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
8 months, 3 weeks 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
10 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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 …

Montana national park partially closes after bear mauls hunter
1 year, 3 months ago

Montana national park partially closes after bear mauls hunter

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 A hunter suffered serious …

Montana officials shot and killed a grizzly. Its DNA linked it to a human death
1 year, 3 months ago

Montana officials shot and killed a grizzly. Its DNA linked it to a human death

LA Times  

A grizzly bear walks along the North Fork of the Flathead River drainage in Montana. Later that day, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials captured the cub and fatally shot its mother “due to an immediate public safety threat from the bear’s food-conditioned behavior,” the department said. The mother was 10 years old and had been captured previously, …

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, …

Grizzly bears may soon be hunted as US moves toward lifting protections in Yellowstone and Glacier parks
1 year, 10 months ago

Grizzly bears may soon be hunted as US moves toward lifting protections in Yellowstone and Glacier parks

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 The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears …

Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules
2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed
2 years, 10 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
2 years, 11 months 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 …

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

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 …

Wolf spotted in Hoge Veluwe National Park despite fence; Multiple mouflons dead
3 years, 4 months ago

Wolf spotted in Hoge Veluwe National Park despite fence; Multiple mouflons dead

NL Times  

A wolf was sighted in the National Park Hoge Veluwe in Gelderland on Tuesday, according to De Stentor, despite efforts to keep the wolves out. “I’m sure it was the wolf”, head of operations at Hoge Veluwe Jakob Leidekker told De Stentor. We found a few.” The enclosure of the wolves in Hoge Veluwe is more than ten thousand football …

Wildlife officials propose 130-wolf limit for fall hunt
3 years, 4 months ago

Wildlife officials propose 130-wolf limit for fall hunt

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials are proposing limiting the number of wolves hunters can kill this fall to 130 animals, saying they want to take a conservative approach because the impact of a rushed February hunt on the population remains unclear. The DNR was preparing to hold a hunt beginning in November 2021 but a hunter advocacy group won …

Montana governor gets warning in killing of Yellowstone wolf
3 years, 9 months ago

Montana governor gets warning in killing of Yellowstone wolf

Associated Press  

Greg Gianforte received a warning from wildlife officials after killing a radio-collared wolf near Yellowstone National Park without first taking a mandated trapper education course — a violation of state hunting regulations, officials said Tuesday. Just weeks after taking office, Gianforte trapped and shot the male wolf on Feb. 15 about 10 miles north of the park, on a ranch …

US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans
3 years, 9 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, 9 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, …

Wisconsin hunters quickly kill wolves; season to end early
3 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin hunters quickly kill wolves; season to end early

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials plan to end the state’s wolf season after just three days after hunters and trappers killed nearly 70% of the state’s quota in less than 48 hours. The Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that all six management zones would close by Wednesday afternoon. The department announced Tuesday morning that it would close three …

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters
4 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

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