Letter to the Editor: Dead wolves don’t learn

Source: Alaska Highway News March 8, 2016  Thank you for publishing the letter 'Wolf cull a good idea' (Alaska Highway News, March 3, 2016). I can only imagine how unnerving it would be to have an animal as powerful as a wolf stride out to watch me at a work place. But I question whether a …

In rural Wisconsin a coyote was hung out in a sadistic display

On February 29, 2016 in a rural county of WI a coyote was found hanging in a tree skinned, spray painted black, bright orange plastic around the eyes and wire in the form of wings. This act has been discussed widely on social media by hunters and advocates for well over a week now.  Officials …

In the Blink of an Eye the Wisconsin Wolf Went from Protected to Hunted

 Flash back to April 01, 2012 just before WISCONSIN ACT 169 Date of enactment: April 2, 2012 calling for a trophy hunt on wolves. I did my first news story in an effort to stop the Wisconsin wolf hunt, read on: Source: WQOW TV 18, Local tracker voices wolf hunt concerns By Mike Joyce Posted: Apr 01, 2012 …

Can We Save the Planet fron Us?

Source: Can the World Really Set Aside Half of the Planet for Wildlife? The eminent evolutionary biologist E.O. Wilson has an audacious vision for saving Earth from a cataclysmic extinct By Tony HissSmithsonian Magazine  September 2014    “Battles are where the fun is,” said E.O. Wilson, the great evolutionary biologist, “and where the most rapid advances are …

Wisconsin Author’s Leading Characters Find Themselves in the Midst of the Wisconsin Wolf Hunt Debate

In the novel Fly By Night by Andrea Thalasinos  the lead characters, "Amelia and Brice soon find themselves embroiled in the midst of a very angry environmental debate regarding reinstatement of the wolf hunt in Wisconsin. Amelia wonders if she and her newfound brother can overcome the sins of their father and find peace." (source)      Last week …

News on the B. C. Wolf Cull

Wildlife group calls wolf cull practices into question Mike Carter / Alaska Highway News March 2,    As the province shifts the focus of its wolf cull to the South Peace, an environmental group continues to raise questions about the use of a "Judas wolf" to track and kill the predators during last year's cull …

Wayne Pacelle Interview with President Obama on Wildlife Protection 

My Exclusive Interview, on Wildlife Protection, With President Barack Obama A Humane Nation - Humane Society of The United States  Wayne Pacelle's Blog March 3, 2016 We’ve been working with President Barack Obama and a number of his cabinet secretaries and executive agency staff on a wide range of animal welfare policies during the last seven …

California News on Wolves, Letter to the Editor: North state residents can coexist with wolves

Letter: North state residents can coexist with wolves POSTED: 02/29/16 Gray wolves are back in California, and whether you love them or hate them, it seems they are here to stay. Right now, we have the Shasta Pack up in Siskiyou County, but as OR7 showed us, these animals can range over thousands of miles. …

Wisconsin Wolves Visit a Deer Carcass

Re-posted with permission from the author: On-TheEdge Steve Meurett-Writing with Light  TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016 Medicine of the Wolf    Yes, I borrowed the title from filmmaker Julia Hoffman's recent film chronicling this large carnivore and the misunderstandings surrounding them. It was happenstance that I happened to watch the film February 23rd, my birthday, the same …

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