From KTSM News:
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Western Watersheds Project and the Wolf Conservation Center is asking the community for help in the illegal killings of Mexican Gray Wolves.
The billboard was installed along Interstate 25 in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, with an addition of up to a $105k reward to people who had information about the killings of the wolves.
According to the news release by the Western Watersheds Project, conservationists hope the reward will bring to justice those who violated the Endangered Species Act.
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Endangered red wolf killed by vehicle on US 64 in East Lake
From Coastal Review:
Officials say a 2-year-old wild male red wolf was killed April 15 by a vehicle strike on U.S. Highway 64 in the East Lake area of Dare County. This is the fourth death of an endangered eastern red wolf in the past 10 months, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.
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New Mexico promotes $105k reward for illegal killing of Mexican Gray Wolves
From KTSM News:
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Western Watersheds Project and the Wolf Conservation Center is asking the community for help in the illegal killings of Mexican Gray Wolves.
The billboard was installed along Interstate 25 in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, with an addition of up to a $105k reward to people who had information about the killings of the wolves.
According to the news release by the Western Watersheds Project, conservationists hope the reward will bring to justice those who violated the Endangered Species Act.
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U.S. House Votes to Remove Wolves From Endangered List in 48 States
From Time Magazine:
The U.S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states.
A handful of Democrats joined with Republicans in passing the bill. The measure now goes to the Senate, but it appears doomed after the White House issued a statement Monday warning that the Biden administration opposes it. Congress shouldn’t play a role in determining whether a species has recovered, the statement said.
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Resolution calling for ‘scientific management’ of gray wolves introduced to Michigan Legislature
From Huron Daily Tribune:
Michigan lawmakers urge the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to allow the state to manage gray wolves because, without management, the population could reach numbers detrimental to other species, such as whitetail deer.
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Wolf, moose numbers stabilize on Isle Royale
From Duluth News Tribune:
ISLE ROYALE — Researchers counted 30 wolves and an estimated 840 moose on Lake Superior’s largest island last winter, with both predator and prey down a bit from last year but signifying that both populations have stabilized after years of big fluctuations.
That’s the report released Tuesday from the 65th Isle Royale wolf/moose survey, the longest-running predator-prey study in the world.
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More Montana conservation groups intend to sue over decision not to re-list wolves
From Daily Montanan:
Another coalition of conservation groups, including several from Montana, has given notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it plans to sue to try and force the agency to give Endangered Species Act protections back to gray wolves in Montana and other states in the West.
The group, which includes the Gallatin Wildlife Association and Footloose Montana, is the third to threaten or file a lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service since it in February announced that there was a Western distinct population segment of gray wolves but it would not be making any changes to their listing status—something many western conservation groups have been pushing for for years.
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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
From AP News:
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — 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 the Cowboy State amid accusations that a man struck a wolf with a snowmobile, taped its mouth shut and showed off the injured animal at a Sublette County bar before killing it.
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Wyoming wolf torture case a ‘trigger’ for new Endangered Species Act lawsuit
From Cap City News:
Until a few weeks ago, Wayne Pacelle was undecided whether he’d join the fray of lawsuits challenging the federal government’s decision to allow western states to continue managing gray wolves.
Then the news cycle spun toward Sublette County, where local resident Cody Roberts is accused of running down a wolf with a snowmobile on Feb. 29, capturing the critically wounded animal, taping its mouth shut, and showing it off in a bar for hours before finally killing it — actions that have thus far only earned Roberts a $250 fine.
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Oregon reports nine new wolf depredations in Wallowa, Morrow counties
From Capital Press:
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported nine new confirmed wolf depredations in Wallowa and Morrow counties.
Wolves killed one ewe and six month-old lambs on private land in the Lostine area of Wallowa County. The investigation opened April 25. The wolf or pack responsible was unknown.
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Colorado’s wolves make a break for Rocky Mountain National Park
From Yahoo News:
Rocky Mountain National Park has welcomed a new resident – gray wolves, which have been detected in the area for the first time in 80 years. Four months after 10 wolves were first released into the wild in the Centennial State, wolf activity has been detected in the state’s crown jewel.
The wolves, which were relocated from Oregon in December, were fitted with tracking devices to allow Colorado Parks and Wildlife to keep tabs on their movement and assess their behavior. The department has been releasing monthly updates to the public, and yesterday’s news update revealed that the wolves have traveled across the Continental Divide, into the front range and most notably into Colorado’s biggest National Park.
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