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Wolves on the Hunt
Text and photos by Peter A. Dettling
On March 16, 2005, my colleague Milko and I arrived in Yellowstone's famous
Lamar Valley. About 10:30 in the morning, we saw from a distance many people standing beside the road, all armed with tripods, spotting scopes and binoculars. We knew they must be wolf observers and that they had located some canids.
South From Yellowstone
What Remains to be Done
by Michael Robinson, Dave Parsons, and Rob Edward
In the three-plus decades since Congress protected wolves by passing the Endangered Species Act, wolves have been repatriated to a few key parts of their former range. Yet, if we evaluate how much of the species' former range remains unoccupied, it becomes clear that much work toward wolf recovery is left unfinished. In fact, by the measures established by Congress, progress
toward recovery across the species' former range remains insignificant-
literally. Two recent court rulings underscore this fact.
Are there any wolves in Oregon?
by Walter Medwid
The headline in Minnesota's largest newspaper read "Land Rush . . . The'For Sale' signs are everywhere." The article refers to the rapid increase
in sales and subdivision of rural land in Minnesota's north country-the same area that serves as home to the largest population of wolves in the
conterminous United States.
The Establishment of the Omega Position
by Lori Schmidt, Wolf Curator, International Wolf Center
Since Nyssa's death (see "Tracking the Pack" in the Winter 2005 issue), the International Wolf Center's Exhibit Pack has undergone some changes.
Initially, the pack was very subdued, interacted little, and howled more than usual for several weeks after the loss of its omega pack member. As summer arrived, the wolves returned to early-morning bouts of stalking, chasing and displaying dominance to establish their position within the rank order characteristic of these social animals.
WOLVES IN IBERIA - SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
The Hazards of Habitat Fragmentation: What Can Wolf Tracking Teach Us?
by Neil Hutt
The main threats to the longterm survival of wolves on the Iberian Peninsula are the same ones faced by large carnivores everywhere in the world: destruction of
natural prey and habitat fragmentation. Once numerous in Portugal, wolves were on the decline by the early 20th century. Fully protected since 1988, an estimated 250 to 300 animals occupy approximately 30 percent of their former range, mostly in the north. Grupo Lobo, a nonprofit conservation organization, leads the effort to implement a comprehensive education program and to monitor wolf populations.
WOLVES IN CENTRAL ASIA
The Eurasian Wolf in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Western China
by Neil Hutt
Wolves in Kazakhstan are known as "beasts," their menacing reputations fueled
by stories of attacks on people and of human bodies consumed by wolves in wartime and during epidemics like the Black Plague. Severely persecuted
throughout their extensive range, Eurasian wolves have suffered from reduction in natural prey and from land developmentÑas have wolves almost everywhere in the world.
Four Wolves Suspected in Man's Death in Remote Area of Canada
by Jess Edberg, Information Specialist
An apparent wolf attack has been determined as the cause of death for 22-year-old Kenton Joel Carnegie, whose body was found on Tuesday, November 8,
at Points North Landing near Wollaston Lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, about 450 kilometers northeast of La Ronge.
Wolf-Grizzly Interaction in Yellowstone National Park
Text and photos by Betsy Downey
Since the 1995 restoration of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, these new top carnivores have had significant interactions with the park's older top carnivores, grizzly bears, usually over food and young. Opportunists, grizzlies rarely hunt large prey, but they do feed on carcasses and other animals' kills,
taking over wolf kills so often that Yellowstone's Wolf Project Director Doug Smith writes: "It's not a matter of if the bears will come calling after a kill, but when."
Predatory Bureaucracy: The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West
Michael J. Robinson
University Press of Colorado, 2005
by Jim Williams, Assistant Director for Education, International Wolf Center
In Predatory Bureaucracy: The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West, longtime wolf advocate Michael J.
Robinson traces the development of the U.S. government's policies toward predators by following the evolution of the federal agency originally
charged with executing those policies, the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey. Progenitor of todayÕs U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
U.S.D.A. Wildlife Services, the Bureau of Biological Survey was captured in the early 20th century by powerful western ranching interests intent on cleansing the American West of predators. Under the ranchers' sway,
the agency indiscriminately killed hundreds of thousands of wild predators, eliminating wolves, lynx, grizzly bears, black-footed ferrets, lions, coyotes and other species from large portions of the American West.
Open Wide!
by Kelly Burns
Remember your last visit to the dentist? Were you sitting in a big moving chair, light brightly shining, the dentist peeking into your mouth to examine your teeth? A dentist checks to make sure your teeth are healthy. Each tooth has to be inspected since each one plays an important job in how you eat your food.
Federal Courts Rebuff Attempts to Reduce Protections for Wolves Under the Endangered Species Act
by Jason C. Rylander
The gray wolf's recovery is one of the Endangered Species Act's (ESA) true success stories. Wolf resurgence in the Northern Rockies and the Great Lakes is the result of many years of coordinated efforts by federal and state governments, landowners and environmental groups. So why has the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) repeatedly violated the ESA to reduce federal protections for the wolf? >>> read more in the PDF file
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