>>> In a statement, Rogers explained that more fencing probably isn’t the solution, and says that managers must instead try to control the population of grazing animals... "Although the fencing strategy is well-intentioned, we'll ultimately need to address the underlying problems of too many browsing deer and cattle on this landscape."
Reading about #rewilding in the U.K. Take it from a Swede: you don't want to reintroduce #wolves. You really don't. I don't think there's a greater divide between city folks and those who have to live with the constant fear of having to mercy kill dozens of sheep etc because a wolf has gone berserk. A wolf does not kill just what it needs to eat that day. City folks have such strong opinions on something they don't have to live with. (Ps. I used to be one of those city folks, and I'm sorry for my ignorance back then.)
#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.
Our campaign is excited to learn that Oregeon has decided to assist in Colorado's wolf reintroduction process, and we hope other states/territories follow suit.
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.
Alaska doesn't deserve the money until it changes its law that requires the slaughter of bears, wolves and other carnivores.
The federal #government shouldn't be in the business of killing top predators for hunters' benefit. Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service not to give Alaska any more conservation funding until the state conserves — not kills — its wildlife.
#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.
where no hunting license or permit of any kind is required to kill a wolf for any reason.
We know that Wyoming pushing wolves back towards the brink of #extinction is wrong.
Wyoming is one of the most dangerous places to be a #wolf. Only a few hundred wolves live in Wyoming -- but the state is actively trying to kill more than half of them.
So how can we stop it?
First, we're calling on Wyoming's governor to stop the hunt.
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
@30yrdscreamer so right! They look, at times, like everything is improvisational and it must be so hard to defend when they aren’t playing such standard patterned attacking.