#Oregon will officially supply #wolves for Colorado's #reintroduction project. #Colorado has officially entered into a one-year agreement with Oregon to obtain up to 10 #GrayWolves to reintroduce to the state. The agreement removes the final barrier for Colorado's reintroduction efforts, and releases are set to start before the end of the year.
Colorado plans to capture wolves in Oregon using helicopter crews and spotter planes in December.
According to the article, they will select healthy #wolves without injuries or diseases, as well as those without a history of preying on livestock. Each wolf will also be collared before release. To establish a sustainable #WolfPopulation, Colorado aims to reintroduce 30 to 50 wolves over the next three to five years, focusing on wolves aged 1 to 5 years old.
The state of #Alaska recently killed more than 100 brown #bears, gray #wolves, and other important #carnivores — shooting them from #helicopters in a misguided attempt to boost the #Mulchatna caribou herd for hunters.
Each year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives Alaska millions of dollars for state wildlife management projects. By law, that money can only go to states that have demonstrated their commitment to wildlife conservation.
#Wyoming's wolf hunting season has been open for 12 days -- and 3 #wolves have already been shot and killed on #Yellowstone 's doorstep.
How many wolves will get caught in a hunter's crosshairs this year? Trophy hunters will be allowed to kill dozens in the hunt areas outside Yellowstone National Park.
Wolves, thanks to years of efforts at conservation, are back and often in places they haven’t been in ages. The wolf population in Europe has surged to nearly 20,000, partly as a result of the EU Habitats Directive, a 1992 policy that set out to protect the predator and other indigenous European wildlife.
Now, conservationists face off against farmers in a familiar man-versus-nature conflict.
In Yellowstone National Park, the reintroduction of the gray wolf in the 1990s has helped reduce an exploding elk population 🫎, which in turn helped save plants 🌱 🌳 along streams and rivers, which provide habitat for migrating birds 🦅, building materials for beavers, and dam ponds for fish and frogs🐸.
The sky is exploding over London at the moment with the most energetic storm
I’ve seen in years and my dog is hiding under the bed. Are wolves scared of thunder? #Dogs#Wolves
The future of Europe's wolf population is under scrutiny by the European Commission after a surge in wolf attacks on livestock across numerous countries.
A resolution adopted by the European Parliament late last year stated there were 680 farm animals killed by wolves in Austria in 2021, but in France in 2020 there were 12,000 livestock killed and in Germany nearly 4,000.
Von der Leyen et les loups : des propos irresponsables et mensongers
Suite au communiqué anti-loup de la Commission européenne en date du 4 septembre 2023, nos associations dénoncent aujourd’hui des propos gravissimes et un message négatif pour la conservation de la biodiversité.
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Sur quelle base scientifique se fonde-t-elle pour affirmer que le loup est un danger pour les humains ? Il y a 1000 loups en France, davantage en Allemagne, 2000 en Espagne, plus de 3000 en Italie, 3500 en Roumanie et d’autres populations importantes résident en Europe de l’Est, d’où l’espèce n’a jamais disparu. Si le loup s’attaquait aux humains, on le saurait depuis longtemps !
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Quoiqu’il en soit, les lobbies et élus anti-nature désirant déclasser le loup depuis des années ont trouvé en elle une alliée de choix alors que jusqu’à présent la révision du statut loup n’était pas du tout à l’ordre du jour de la Commission.
A surprising number of new wolf packs have suddenly appeared in California
Four new packs of wolves have established themselves in California in the past five months, bringing the grand total to eight new wolf packs since 2015 — and counting.