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Finland, Sweden and Norway to cull wolf population

Finland, Sweden and Norway to cull wolf population

January 25, 2022January 22, 2022 Supertrooper 4 Comments

Finland is joining Sweden and Norway in culling wolves this winter to control their population, as conservation groups appeal to the European Union to take action against the slaughter. Hunters in Sweden have already shot dead most of their annual target of 27 wolves, while Finland is to authorise the killing of 20 wolves in […]

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Can red wolves come back from the brink of extinction again?

Can red wolves come back from the brink of extinction again?

March 22, 2021April 2, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

There are perhaps no more than 10 red wolves left in the wild, and they are all in just one place: North Carolina. It is an astonishing statistic for a species once hailed as undergoing the most successful reintroduction programme in the US, providing the blueprint for Yellowstone national park’s much-lauded grey wolf rewilding project. […]

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Landscape of fear: why we need the wolf – The Long Read

Landscape of fear: why we need the wolf – The Long Read

December 1, 2020November 27, 2020 Supertrooper 2 Comments

There’s a monument near Brora, 60 miles short of John o’Groats, that claims to mark the spot where the last wolf in Sutherland was killed. I pass it often in the car. The wolf, it says, was killed by the hunter Polson in or about the year 1700. I know this story. Polson, so it […]

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Almost all of the wolves on one Alaskan island were killed by trappers this winter

Almost all of the wolves on one Alaskan island were killed by trappers this winter

April 26, 2020February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 5 Comments

Conservation groups are calling on the U.S. Forest Service (FS) to take urgent action in order to protect a vulnerable population of wolves living on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest after it emerged that 97 percent of the known population, given the most recent estimate, was legally killed during the 2019-2020 […]

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POLL: Should the slaughter of wolves in British Columbia be banned?

POLL: Should the slaughter of wolves in British Columbia be banned?

December 28, 2018February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 214 Comments

Wolves are being killed to protect both the Woodlands Caribou and the Mountain Caribou when in both instances they are not to be blamed. The reason for the declining numbers of wolves is the environmental disturbances caused by: Mountain Caribou. Logging, Loss of habitat, roads that make access easy for predators and human entertainment of […]

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,000 reward offered to find killer of famous Yellowstone white wolf

$10,000 reward offered to find killer of famous Yellowstone white wolf

May 30, 2017February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 14 Comments

For years, the wolf known as “White Lady” delighted visitors who were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of her when they visited Yellowstone National Park. At 12 years old, the alpha female of the Canyon Pack had lived twice as long as other wolves in the park. Within nine years, with the same alpha […]

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POLL: Should Finland’s 235 wolves be culled?

POLL: Should Finland’s 235 wolves be culled?

March 7, 2017February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 28 Comments

The story of a kill is told in the snow. On the Finnish island of Porosaari, we find the first paw print. “That’s a male,” says Asko Kettunen, retired border guard, hunter and tracker. How can he be sure? “It’s big.” Five ravens rise from dark pines, croaking in the icy silence; they will scavenge […]

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On the trail of the wolf, Europe’s much maligned and misunderstood predator

On the trail of the wolf, Europe’s much maligned and misunderstood predator

January 14, 2016December 23, 2019 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Robert Mysłajek stops dead. Between two paw prints on a muddy mountain track, the scientist finds what he is looking for. “Scats!’’ he enthuses. Wolf sightings are so rare that a flash of faeces marks a good day, even for a seasoned tracker. But it is getting easier. There are now an estimated 1,500 wolves […]

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