In a rare moment of cooperation between predators, a bear and wolf have been spotted teaming up to attack a mother moose and her young calf. A video captured by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve shows a brown bear lunging for the adult moose, while […]
Tag: Wolves
Idaho wolf-killing proposals prompt petition for feds to ban ‘barbaric’ aerial hunts
A group of environmental organizations has submitted a petition to the federal government to ban wolf killing by shooting from helicopters, calling the practice “barbaric.” The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Watersheds Project and International Wildlife Coexistence Network said they were prompted by Idaho’s Wolf Depredation Control Board’s October decision to approve the scope of […]
The Dept of Interior Bans M-44s or Cyanide Bombs On BLM Lands
Today, the Biden Administration’s Department of Interior has formally banned M-44 or what are known as cyanide bombs, from 245 million acres of Bureau of Land Management federal lands. Animals that are poisoned suffer a horrific death. Many pets, and non-target wildlife, not to mention native predators, which have as much right to be on […]
Petition: Help Protect Endangered Grey Wolves in California
Amazing news! A new, previously undocumented pack of endangered grey wolves has been spotted in California! The sweet family of five, which includes an adult female mom wolf and her four pups, was seen in the southern part of the state. The adult female is actually a descendant of the infamous wolf OR-7, which was […]
Heart rate monitors to measure stress on maned wolves in Brazil’s Cerrado
In the pitch dark, biologist Rogério Cunha de Paula, who has been researching the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) for 25 years, and his colleague Ricardo Pires Boulhosa drive through the dusty sugar cane plantations in the northeastern region of São Paulo state with two cages firmly tied to the back of the pickup. They barely […]
Rare Red Wolf Shot Dead, $15K Reward Offered to Find Killer: ‘Senseless’
North Carolina wildlife advocates are offering a reward of $15,000 to find the killer of an endangered red wolf. The wolf was shot dead along a fence line south of Newland Road in Washington County, eastern North Carolina, on May 18. A necropsy revealed it had been shot in the torso. According to the Center […]
Man raised by wolves in a cave admits he’s disappointed with human life
A man who was raised by wolves in a cave for 12 years has admitted that he feels disappointed with human life. Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja was dubbed the Mowgli of Spain when he was found by authorities. But the former wolf boy says he struggles with the coldness of the human world and wishes he […]
Another Western state says it won’t send wolves to Colorado, citing ‘enormous price’ of managing the species
Another Western state has decided it will not provide wolves for Colorado’s reintroduction efforts, citing federal regulation and disagreements about how wolves should be managed. Idaho Department of Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks declined Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s request for wolves in a June 6 letter, which was first reported by Denver’s KUSA-TV. Fredericks […]