Latest reports – Environmental concerns: trees, wolves and leopards

Source: Journal Star, By Steve Tarter Journal Star city of Peoria reporter Climate change may get the spotlight when it comes to environmental concern but there are plenty of other issues to go around. Here are a few of the latest reports Deforestation The Union of Concerned Scientists has reported that four commodities — palm …

The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife’s focus continues to be on non-lethals first. With the evidence suggesting deterrents are effective.

Source: East Oregonian - Workshop focuses on wolf management in Eastern Oregon by George Plavin Despite killing four wolves from the Imnaha Pack earlier this year for repeatedly attacking livestock, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife reiterated the value of non-lethal deterrents during a workshop Friday in Pendleton. Eastern Oregon ranchers and county officials gathered at …

Facebook is changing the face-of-activism.

Just how has Facebook changed activism?  I'm sure many wolf advocates can identify with the concept that awareness alone cannot further a cause. How many times have we heard that unity is the key to saving the wolf and preached by those lacking any expertise or experience in the cause they defend. Their battle cry …

Boy And Wolf A Short Film For Kids By Stephen Reynolds

 Boy and Wolf The size of your heart is all that matters  Boy and Wolf is a sentimental drama which explores the story of an orphaned eight year old boy, WILL, and his relationship with a wild WOLF that lives in the woods near his grandfathers house deep in the English Countryside that he befriends …

Fort McMurray wildfire likely killed all wildlife in its path: expert

By Phil Heidenreich Online journalist Global News Source EDMONTON – The fire that swept through Fort McMurray and still rages through the northern forest likely destroyed all wildlife in its path, according to one expert. But the disaster’s impact on wildlife has yet to be documented. https://youtu.be/7E_OLgC4nV0 “There’s not very much that can survive those fires,” …

Guillaume Chapron and Adrian Treves decided to find out whether legal killing of wolves really does reduce poaching

Source: When you start killing wolves, something odd happens by By Niki Rust 11 May 2016 The US sometimes allows the killing of wolves, on the grounds that it can help conservation, but in fact there is a surprising knock-on effect As the cold early spring sun began to shine between the trees, the only sound heard …

Two Wisconsin politicians are calling for a Great Lakes wolf summit to resume wolf hunting

In recent news two Wisconsin politicians call for Great Lakes ‘wolf summit’ because they want the state to manage wolves.  Over the last four years the Wisconsin wolf has become a political pawn for politicians like Senator Tom Tiffany and Representative Adam Jarchow because they want to resume wolf hunting in the state.     The Wisconsin wolf was placed back on endangered …

New study shows that allowing wolf (Canis lupus) culling was substantially more likely to increase poaching than reduce it. 

According to Blood does not buy goodwill: allowing culling increases poaching of a large carnivore Guillaume Chapron, Adrian Treves Published 11 May 2016.   "We present the first quantitative evaluation of the hypothesis that liberalizing culling will reduce poaching and improve population status of an endangered carnivore. We show that allowing wolf (Canis lupus) culling was …

Letter to the editor: Stop playing politics with the Mexican gray wolf

Source: Santa Fe New Mexican By Melinda Kirkwood I am writing in response to the article published on the front page of your newspaper (“Wolf pups released into N.M. wilderness,” April 30). I have a degree in wildlife biology and work with a wide range of wild species on a daily basis as my profession. …

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