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Hunters as Stewards of Wolves in Wisconsin and the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

Posted on July 2, 2019

Regulated hunting may help conserve wildlife. Advocates argue hunters will champion conservation and generate revenue for management, regulation will promote sustained, stable wildlife populations, and conflicts with game species will diminish. Applying this notion to predators such as the wolf … read more

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Protection From Harvesting Restores the Natural Social Structure of Eastern Wolf Packs

Posted on July 2, 2019

Legal and illegal killing of animals near park borders can significantly increase the threat of extirpation for populations living within ecological reserves, especially for wide-ranging large carnivores that regularly travel into unprotected areas. While the consequences of human-caused mortality near … read more

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Oregon Wolf Killing Spurs $11.5K Reward for Shootertinyurl.com/ycksx2t2The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is looking for the person or people who fatally shot a collared wolf in northeastern Oregon last week, and conservation groups have offered a $11,500 reward to anyone whose tip leads to an arrest or citation.A 2-year-old female wolf known as OR-112, part of the Keating Pack, was found Friday near an embankment in the forest seven miles north of Halfway, Oregon. Troopers believe she was shot the day before.The Oregon Wildlife Coalition and its partners have offered the award.Another two-year-old wolf was found dead in eastern Oregon in January after it was hit by a car. Officials originally believed she had died of a gunshot wound.In 2021, the state’s annual animal count showed a small increase in the wolf population, with the minimum number of wolves increasing from 170 to 172. At least 26 wolves died in the state last year, up from 10 the previous year, according to the report.Humans were responsible for 21 of those deaths.Police ask anyone with information to contact OSP through the Turn in Poachers (TIP) hotline at 1-800-452-7888 or *OSP (*677), or email TIP@osp.oregon.gov and reference case number SP22201971. ... See MoreSee Less

Oregon Wolf Killing Spurs $11.5K Reward for Shooter

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The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is looking for the person or people who fatally shot a collared wolf in northeastern Oregon last week, and conservation groups have offered a ...

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Lawsuit challenges Washington’s failure to enact wolf management rulestinyurl.com/yc4m9h7eFive conservation groups filed a lawsuit today asking a state court to enforce Gov. Jay Inslee’s order directing state wildlife officials to enact wolf management rules. The rules should have outlined what steps must be taken before wolves can be killed for conflict with livestock.Today’s filing notes that Gov. Inslee ordered the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to undertake a formal wolf rulemaking process in 2020, following a petition from conservation organizations. The petition asked the state to require the use of nonlethal deterrence measures by livestock operators before authorizing the killing of wolves involved in livestock conflicts. While the department started this process, in July the state’s wildlife commission voted 5-4 not to enact the proposed rules.“Gov. Inslee recognizes that Washington needs science-based nonlethal strategies to protect wolves and livestock, but some wildlife commissioners are ignoring his request,” said Sophia Ressler, a staff attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “We’re asking the court to recognize the governor’s authority and require commissioners to finally approve wolf rules they were supposed to finalize long ago. We need rules that put a check on the state’s trigger-happy approach to managing imperiled wolves.” ... See MoreSee Less

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