In 2021, an obscure US government division had a busy – and merciless – year, murdering almost 1.75 million animals around the country at a pace of about 200 per hour. The latest yearly toll from Wildlife Services, a division of the United States Department of Agriculture, has inflamed conservationists, who have branded the kills […]
Tag: Gray Wolves
Why America’s tradition of hunting and persecuting wolves must be stopped
Wolves can now be hunted again in the Northern Rockies, where they can be ran over with snowmobiles or incinerated in their dens. The Biden administration must put an end to the slaughter of these wolves and preserve their recovery from extinction. The United States has resumed its tradition of persecuting wolves. And, despite the […]
The return of large mammals aids in the rehabilitation of entire ecosystems, according to a new study
The reintroduction of gray wolves into Yellowstone National Park in 1995 set off a chain reaction of events. Herbivores like elk were kept in check and on the move by the wolves, minimizing their browsing impact on young trees. As a result, willow and aspen groves blossomed along watercourses, providing excellent circumstances for a healthy […]
Record number of Yellowstone wolves hunted and trapped in Montana this season
Montana wildlife officials have taken steps to limit hunting on the border of Yellowstone National Park after a record number of park wolves were killed this season. The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Friday to pause wolf hunting and trapping for the season in a region of southwest Montana once 82 wolves have been […]
Mr. Goodbar, a Mexican gray wolf, prevented from finding a mate due to Trump’s border wall
Scientists now have proof that the border wall built by former President Donald Trump is impeding the movements of wildlife. Data from a tracking collar on a Mexican gray wolf named Mr. Goodbar revealed that he spent four days in November pacing along 23 miles of newly-constructed border wall in New Mexico, likely frustrated in […]
Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according to park officials. Fifteen wolves were shot […]
Eight wolves were found poisoned in Oregon. Police are asking for the public’s help
The dead wolves began turning up in Oregon in early February. First, state fish and wildlife troopers found an entire pack of five wolves – known as the Catherine pack – killed by poison in Union county. Then, between March and July, authorities found three grey wolves, two females and a male, similarly poisoned to […]
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Grizzlies and Lynx from Trapping
10 conservation groups, including The Humane Society of the United States, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, have filed a lawsuit over Idaho’s wolf trapping laws that not only kill wolves, but also endanger grizzlies and lynx. Idaho recently increased the number of wolves that could be legally trapped and killed each year from […]