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 …
The U.S. agency that removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list in March has changed its mind and is asking a federal judge to void the decision. The request, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, came after a U.S. District Court judge issued a temporary injunction against …
The two wolf types found in India are represented by two isolated populations and believed to be two sub-species of Canis lupus. One of these wolf, locally called Himalayan wolf (HW) or Tibetan wolf, is found only in the upper Trans-Himalayan region from Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Kasmir and …
federal biologists have released nearly a dozen Mexican gray wolves from chain-link pens into the remote ponderosa forests and meadows in the White mountains of eastern Arizona. The us Fish and Wildlife Service and state officials have taken steps for the first time to return 100 of the animals to …
the predator management programme in the managed forests of the us state of Alaska has aroused an age-old ecological debate. A report prepared by the National Research Council, the principal operating arm of the us National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, says that wildlife managers in Alaska may be able …
conservationists are debating the reintroduction of wolves in forest areas as a means of preserving forests. Rhum, a remote island off the west coast of Scotland, uk , and a national nature reserve, is in the heart of the controversy following a proposal to rehabilitate wolf populations to check the …
THE plight of large carnivores worldwide has come to a sorry pass. In India, a country having the largest remaining tiger population of the world, according to recent estimates, poaching poses the danger of decimating the population within five years. In North America, large carnivores generally survive in appreciable numbers …
A court ruling in the US in January 1995 cleared the way for an ambitious plan to reintroduce the gray wolf (Canis lupus) to parts of its former range. One of the 2 sites selected is the famous Yellowstone National Park, which was established in 1872 and is well known …
The wolf is quite literally at the Russian door. The wolf population in the country has risen from 22,500 in 1990 to 30,000 last winter. Animal-watchers see a close link between the rise in lupine numbers and the economic crisis in the country. Inflationary trends have made a mockery of …
ONCE upon a time, the beautiful blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra) lorded over the Velavadar National Park in Gujarat. But in the early '80s, the blackbuck's territorial sovereignty was challenged by a formidable enemy -- the wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). Earlier, the wolves had been casual visitors to the park; the past …
ALASKAN authorities seeking to rebuild the state's dwindling caribou herds have decided to allow airborne slaying of wolves to the extent that their population is halved. But beset by protests by US wildlife enthusiasts, such as the New York-based Fund for Animals, the helicopter proposal has been temporarily grounded. The …
