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Wolf News - January 2022
NORWAY’S WOLVES ‘SAVED FOR THIS YEAR’ AS ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS FIGHT CULL
January 31st: Government halts planned slaughter of animals in ‘wolf zone’, after campaigners secure injunction
UBCO STUDIES HUMAN IMPACT ON WOLF HUNTING HABITS
January 30th, Canada: New research finds that wolves living in areas with high densities of human-created linear features, roads, seismic lines or pipelines, need far less space to survive than in less disturbed areas.
FEDS PROBED AIRBORNE WOLF, COYOTE GUNNERS IN WYOMING, DIDN’T PROSECUTE
January 29th, Wyoming: Alleged Airborne Hunting Act violations earned warnings. Now lawmakers, agencies working to get county-paid shooters back in the sky.
MEXICAN GRAY WOLF THAT TRIED TO CROSS BORDER SHOT IN LEG
January 29th, New Mexico: An endangered Mexican gray wolf that drew media attention late last year after it appeared to spend five days pacing along the border fence separating New Mexico from Mexico has been found with a serious gunshot wound.
MONTANA CURBS WOLF HUNT AFTER 23 FROM YELLOWSTONE KILLED
January 28th, Montana: Montana wildlife commissioners are shutting down gray wolf hunting and trapping in areas bordering Yellowstone National Park amid criticism over 23 wolves being killed after roaming from the park in recent several months.
SOME WOLFDOGS CAUGHT IN ORANGE COUNTY WILL BE PLACED, OTHERS MAY BE EUTHANIZED, OFFICIALS SAY
January 27th, California: Orange County Animal Services said it has found a potential sanctuary for some of the wolf-dog hybrids that were caught over the summer.
YES, THOSE TINY DOGS DESCENDED FROM WOLVES
January 27th: Domestic dogs come in more sizes than any other mammal species. Now, researchers say a genetic mutation that emerged in wolves before they were domesticated is responsible.
WOLF EXPERTS: COLORADO OFFICIALS SHOULD 'URGENTLY' ADDRESS RECENT WOLF KILLS OF LIVESTOCK
January 27th, Colorado: Two experts with decades of experience in wolf ecology in the Northern Rocky Mountains said Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials should address a recent string of confirmed wolf kills of cattle and a dog "urgently and aggressively.''
IDAHO WOLF POPULATION HOLDING STEADY, WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY
January 27th, Idaho: Idaho's wolf population remained steady at about 1,500 last year, state wildlife managers said Thursday.
64 WOLVES TAKEN IN CONTROVERSIAL PRINCE OF WALES HARVEST
January 27th, Alaska: The Alaska Department of Fish & Game reported Wednesday that some 64 wolves were taken during a month-long hunting and trapping season on and around Prince of Wales Island.
NEIGHBORS, OFFICIALS HELP COLORADO RANCHER PUT UP FENCING TO PROTECT CATTLE FROM WOLVES
January 26th, Colorado: Colorado rancher Don Gittleson used to get up at the crack of dawn to check his cattle. Now it's the crack of midnight.
ART EXHIBIT AIMS TO PROMPT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WOLVES SHOULD BE MANAGED
January 26th, Michigan: The organizer of a traveling art exhibit is trying to raise awareness of Michigan’s attempts at establishing a wolf hunt. The mixed art exhibit is at Michigan State University’s off campus gallery, SCENE Metrospace.
TRUMP’S BORDER WALL KEPT ENDANGERED WOLF FROM FINDING HOME AND A MATE
January 26th: Scientists now have proof that the border wall built by former President Donald Trump is impeding the movements of wildlife.
THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES RISING UP TO PROTECT THE GRAY WOLF
January 26th: The gray wolf was taken off the endangered species list last year.
WITHOUT FEDERAL PROTECTION, YELLOWSTONE’S WOLVES ARE BEING DECIMATED
January 26th: Outrage is mounting as hunters kill wolves near the park.
WOLF DISCUSSION WITH COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE AFTER RANCHER LOSES 2 CATTLE IN 2 DAYS
January 25th, Colorado: One of the major takeaways from Colorado Parks and Wildlife is that because these wolves moved into Colorado from a bordering state, they are not really a part of the reintroduction efforts from Proposition 114, although the way wolves can be treated or dealt with pertains to their status as an endangered species.
MONTANA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS MONITORING WOLF HUNTING SEASON
January 21st, Montana: Several new changes are in place for wolf hunting in Montana.
RANCHERS IN SOME STATES CAN SHOOT WOLVES THAT ATTACK THEIR LIVESTOCK. BUT NOT IN COLORADO
January 21st, Colorado: Attacks on cattle and dogs by wolves that migrated into northwest Colorado from Wyoming have stoked a rancher-wolf controversy sooner than expected.
AN ENDANGERED WOLF WENT IN SEARCH OF A MATE. THE BORDER WALL BLOCKED HIM.
January 21st: The travails of a Mexican gray wolf named Mr. Goodbar show the grave threat posed by the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
IDAHO WOLF CONTROL BOARD WILL HAVE $1 MILLION TO KILL WOLVES
January 19th, Idaho: State officials on Wednesday requested $392,000 from the general fund to kill wolves in Idaho, and with other revenue sources will have just over $1 million for that purpose starting this summer.
DEFAZIO 'DISAPPOINTED' INTERIOR SECRETARY WON'T GIVE GRAY WOLF EMERGENCY PROTECTIONS
January 19th: Rep. Peter DeFazio said he was "disappointed" after talking to the Biden Adminstiration's Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about emergency reinstatement of Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf.
ANOTHER WOLF ATTACK IN COLORADO: 1 COW EUTHANIZED AFTERWARDS, ANOTHER INJURED
January 19th, Colorado: Parks and Wildlife reported another wolf attack in Colorado. Officers received a report of the attack on two cows in Jackson County on Tuesday morning.
'HEINOUS CRIME': RARE MEXICAN GREY WOLF SHOT DEAD IN ARIZONA SPARKING BACKLASH
January 19th, Arizona: A backlash is growing after the reported shooting of an endangered Mexican grey wolf in Arizona earlier this month.
COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER HOLD TALK TO PREPARE FOR WOLF REINTRODUCTION
January 15th, Colorado:: In 2020, a majority of Coloradans voted for wolf reintroduction, which is now set to happen in December of 2023.
$16,500 REWARD OFFERED IN ILLEGAL SHOOTING OF OREGON WOLF
January 13th, Oregon: Conservation groups have put up a $16,500 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the illegal shooting death of a two-year-old collared female wolf in Wallowa County in early January.
'WALKING RADAR' WOLF DOGS SAVE INJURED MAN'S LIFE AFTER LATE NIGHT FALL
January 13th, England: British Lupine dogs Sultan and Wolfie, aged two and three, led their owner Amr Madbouly to an injured man who had been calling for help after a fall in South Wales
WOLVES KILL BORDER COLLIE AT RANCH NEAR WALDEN
January 12th, Colorado: On Sunday morning, Jan. 9, Colorado Parks and Wildlife responded to a wolf versus dog incident in Jackson County. One dog was killed, and another survived.
DNR SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT ABOUT WOLF MANAGEMENT EFFORTS
January 8th, Michigan: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is updating the state’s wolf management plan and is seeking public comment through an online survey until the end of the month regarding the future of wolf management.
WILDLIFE OFFICIALS TO CONSIDER GRAY WOLF HAZING MEASURE FOR LIVESTOCK OWNERS
January 8th, Colorado: The proposed regulations would allow livestock owners to use techniques that frighten or annoy gray wolves to protect their animals.
NOT EVEN YELLOWSTONE WOLVES ARE SAFE FROM STATE PERSECUTION
January 8th, Wyoming: The wolves of Yellowstone National Park are some of the most observed, most studied and most beloved wolves in the entire world. This year, a handful of wolf hunters and trappers in the states surrounding the park are deliberately targeting them.
ANUBIS, THE WANDERING MEXICAN GRAY WOLF, IS SHOT AND KILLED NEAR FLAGSTAFF
January 7th, Arizona: Anubis, an intrepid Mexican gray wolf whose travels from eastern New Mexico to northern Arizona last year earned him fame, was shot and killed Sunday west of Flagstaff. It wasn't clear who pulled the trigger.
HUNTERS KILL 20 YELLOWSTONE WOLVES THAT ROAMED OUT OF PARK
January 6th: Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in neighboring states in recent months.