In September, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, testifying on behalf of Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso’s latest bill to gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA) peddled the fake-news narrative that the ESA is “broken.” States would do a better job recovering endangered wildlife, Gordon testified, ignoring the obvious reality that every single species protected under the ESA […]
Tag: Wolves
Japanese town deploys Monster Wolf robots to deter bears
A Japanese town has deployed robot wolves in an effort to scare away bears that have become an increasingly dangerous nuisance in the countryside. The town of Takikawa, on the northern island of Hokkaido, purchased and installed two Monster Wolf robots after bears were found roaming neighbourhoods in September. City officials said there had been […]
Are wolves related to dogs? Candid Animal Cam meets the largest member of the dog family
Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the ancestor of all domestic dog breeds: grey wolves. Grey wolves (Canis lupus) are the largest member of the dog family. Because they are one of the most wide-ranging land animals, there […]
Banff wolves have lower survival rate due to hunting, trapping outside park boundary
A study shows grey wolves in Banff National Park don’t live much longer than those in the rest of Alberta because many are being hunted or trapped when they leave the protected area. The paper that documents the survival of Banff wolves over three decades was published this week in the journal Global Ecology and […]
Controversial killing of wolves continues in Washington State
State wildlife officials have killed the remainder of a wolf pack in eastern Washington and authorized the killing of one to two members of a nearby pack, reaffirming the state’s controversial policy of using lethal means to deal with the predators when they attack cattle. The announcement comes after the Washington Department of Fish and […]
Washington Wildlife Agency Issues Kill Order on Another Endangered Wolf Pack
OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife issued a new order today authorizing the killing of one member of the Wedge wolf pack in Stevens County — the latest in a long series of kill orders in this area. This may leave just two surviving wolves, according to the department’s annual wolf report […]
Killing nearly 500 wolves in a year failed to protect endangered caribou – study
With their ability to glide silently through snow drifts and vanish into forests, mountain caribou have been called the grey ghosts of western Canada’s alpine region. But in recent years, a steep drop in their population has raised fears the knobby-kneed ungulates may disappear forever. The rapid decline of mountain caribou has alarmed both biologists […]
Norway further weakens legal protection of wolves
NOAH, an animal rights organisation from Norway, has informed us that the Norwegian parliament has passed legislation, which allows lethal management of wolf and other large carnivore populations. Below you can find their press release: The coalition parties in the government gave in to the populist Center Party and the Labor Party and opted for […]