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Efficacy of Killing Large Carnivores to Enhance Moose Harvests: New Insights from a Long-Term View
November 30, 2022
We analyzed harvest data to test hypotheses that nearly 4 decades of effort to reduce abundance of brown bears (Ursus arctos), black bears (U. americanus) and gray wolves (Canis lupis) in an 60,542 km2 area in south-central Alaska (Game Management … read more
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A new era of wolf management demands better data and a more inclusive process
November 2, 2022
Hunting and trapping of gray wolves (Canis lupus) has increased dramatically in the “lower 48” states of the United States. We assess the data used to justify the intense hunting pressure on wolves, and find an absence of accessible biological … read more
Posted in Human Dimensions, Hunting Wolves, Resources | Tagged data needs, inclusive decisions, multiple objectives, nonlethal predator control, wolf killing, wolf management, wolf trapping

Questionable policy for large carnivore hunting
June 27, 2022
U.S. wolf-hunting policies do not align with ecological theory or data Terrestrial large carnivores are in rapid global decline, with consequences for ecosystem structure and function. Among drivers of these declines, legal hunting is unique because it is intentional and … read more
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Science and Ethics Agree: Coexistence Must Replace Killing Wolves (Part 2)
March 4, 2022
To put it mildly, the ethical deliberations underlying current wolf (and most wildlife) management are inadequate, with short shrift given to the harms caused to all involved. Contrary to some Indigenous perspectives, Euro-North American federal and state agencies do not … read more
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Science and Ethics Agree: Coexistence Must Replace Killing Wolves (Part 1)
March 4, 2022
Gray wolves in the US are once again under fierce attack. After 45 years of protection under the Endangered Species Act and despite scientifically and ethically-driven protests, the USFWS delisted the gray wolf from the federal list of Endangered and … read more
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Uncertainty and precaution in hunting wolves twice in a year
March 4, 2022
When humanity confronts the risk of extinction of species, many people invoke precautions, especially in the face of uncertainty. Although precautionary approaches are value judgments, the optimal design and effect of precautions or lack thereof are scientific questions. We investigated … read more
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