The Netherlands has its first resident wolf population in 140 years, according to ecologists. Wolves were hunted out of many European countries over a century ago but have gradually been migrating back across the continental mainland. Occasional wolf sightings have been made in the Netherlands since 2015. But these animals …
For the first time in more than 85 years, a gray wolf has been documented in California. The 2 ½-year-old male, known as OR-7, journeyed more than 700 miles from the northeastern corner of Oregon, crossing into California's Siskiyou County on Wednesday, according to the California Department of Fish and …
Thousands of gray wolves in the Midwest will soon be stripped of federal safeguards under the Endangered Species Act, the government said on Wednesday, in a move that could open the animals to state-licensed hunting. An estimated 4,000 wolves in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and parts of adjacent states are due …
Data are already routinely collected from radio-collared grey wolves in Yellowstone, and scientists have used this information in their latest study to try to get a better picture of the species' basic responses to a changing environment. Information collected and analysed has provided insights into how certain aspects of the …
Chicago: Wolves will help humans understand the effect of climate change on endangered animals. Scientists studying populations of grey wolves in USA’s Yellowstone National Park have developed a way to predict how changes in the environment will impact on the animals’ count, body size and genetics, among other biological traits. …
Alaska state officials on Friday were considering a controversial plan to shoot wolves in an effort to boost moose populations in one of the state's top tourist and recreation areas. An estimated 90 to 135 wolves range across the Kenai Peninsula, south of Anchorage, where under the proposal hunters would …
A federal court rejected a bid by conservationists for an immediate halt to wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana on Tuesday, but the judges said they would reconsider the request next month. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and others had asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for …
Conservationists asked a federal court on Monday to stop wolf hunts under way in Idaho and Montana until judges rule on an appeal that seeks to restore federal protections to the animals in the two states. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and others told the U.S. Ninth Circuit of …
The U.S. government has proposed lifting federal protection from wolves in the state of Wyoming which would allows unregulated killing of the animals in most of the state. The proposal under a state wildlife management plan would require Wyoming to maintain at least 150 wolves statewide, including packs that roam …
Wyoming and the United States Department of Interior have reached an agreement over how to end federal protections for wolves in the state, officials said Wednesday. Environmentalists criticized the deal, saying that Wyoming’s plan — unique among Western states — to classify wolves as predators that could be shot on …
We assessed distribution and abundance of mammals in dense, rugged eastern Himalayan habitats of Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve (BR), Sikkim, India, from April 2008 to May 2010, using field methods and remote cameras under varying rain and snow conditions. We report the occurrence of 42 mammals including 18 species that have …
Humans are a much bigger problem than wolves for a caribou herd in the oil sands area of Alberta, Canada, scientists reported last week in Frontiers in Ecology. Studies of scat of moose, caribou and wolves in the area showed that caribou accounted for only 10 percent of the animals …
The state of Idaho has authorized sheriff's deputies in a tiny mountain town to kill wolves blamed for preying on pets and elk, a spokesman for the state fish and game department said on Tuesday. The move marks the second of two wolf kills sanctioned by Idaho less than two …
Wolves and grizzly bears are mostly to blame for a steep population decline in a signature elk herd in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park, government scientists said on Wednesday. The elk population in the northern section of the park is prized by sportsmen who hunt outside Yellowstone boundaries …
A hundred years ago, humans almost exterminated all large mammals in Norway. Government protection has since ensured the overwhelming return of species, only to result in a newer problem: CONFLICT.
Tirupati/Kadiri, Sept. 8: A rabies-infected wolf on Wednesday created havoc in seven villages for about nine hours in Chittoor district, biting and scratching at least 40 people before angry villagers stoned the animal to death. The condition of at least two of the victims is said to be serious. The …
Wildlife enthusiasts in Bellary are worried at the sighting of an increasing number of Indian grey wolves found with their left fore leg limping, which they suspect could be due to some dreaded disease. Experts split on possible cause for limping wolves. photo by Dr S K ArunMining in Bellary …
The world’s heaviest and largest dog was a Saint Bernard. Named Benedictine, it measured nearly 275 cms in length and weighed 162 kgs. The world’s smallest breed of dog is named after the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. The dogs look as nervous as their tiny stature might make them …
More than 4,000 gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region are going back on the federal endangered species list, at least temporarily. The Fish and Wildlife Service said it had erred by ending federal protection for wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin without having a public comment period. Under …
evolution Wolves from dogs Human beings can enrich biodiversity without doing much. Take raising dogs as pets, for example. A study says dogs have helped in the evolution of black colour in wolves. This bodes well for wolves inhabiting fast depleting snow-covered northern environments like the Arctic tundra. While hunting, …
