A Wisconsin Story "Wolves Mired in Political Intrigue" with Dr. Jane Goodall, Adrian Wydeven, Marvin Defoe and Peter David. A Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin Film, Director Rachel Tilseth, and Producer Manish Bhatt Gray wolves recolonized parts of Wisconsin in the 1970s after being killed off in the state in the 1950s and grew to …
After Years of False Starts, WDNR Finally Moves on Developing an Updated Wolf Management Plan
Photo taken in Northern Wisconsin at the turn of the 20th Century Admittedly, I am new to Wisconsin's wolf management plan process so to write this I set out to do in-depth research and reporting. After over twenty-four hours of watching the Wolf Management Plan Committee (WMPC) meetings, more than ten hours of reading the …
The Truth Matters
OPINION, COMMENTARY Photo by Alex Shute on Unsplash THE TRUTH MATTERS The late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (NY) was famous for saying that “everyone is entitled to [their] own opinion, but not [their] own facts.” These words are as important today as they were the first time the Senator uttered them. Americans' trust in major …
The remarkable Canis lupus (Gray wolf) …
...Designed by Mother Nature herself. A wolf walks over to a vacated white-tailed deer bed and gently blows on it. This causes all the particles to flow up into his/hers highly tuned olfactory system (the nose). "Ah ha, says the wolf," the deer tick’s blood is full of pus from a tooth infection. The deer …
Researcher found that nearly one-third of the diet of the wolves studied consisted of dump sites on nearby farms…
Dumping cattle carcasses is illegal in Michigan and Wisconsin. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that leaving carcasses in the woods, especially in wolf range, will attract wild carnivores. It's just plain and simple common sense practice to dispose of livestock properly. Properly disposing of dead livestock also helps prevent …
Education and Awareness Wins Over Angry Rhetoric Every Time…
Advice for wining the war-on-wolves. There’s a culture of trolling, attention seekers, and the haters in the comment section on every wolf advocacy page. Those trolls can create a culture of angry rhetoric real fast. It’s my experience (been doing this since the year 2000) that anyone claiming to kill a wolf and use the …
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Can we learn how to coexist with our fellow sentient-beings that share our planet before it’s too late?
Man's destructive track record on wildlife, over the last ten thousand years, makes me think humans are not essential for the survival of the planet. Humans have caused the extinction of thousands of essential sentient-beings. Simply put, wolves are free sentient-beings. I'm not going to measure their right to exist compared to "if they help …
Wisconsin’s wolf management policy is down-right-hostile
Wolf recovery in Wisconsin began in the late 1970s, and after almost forty years, is still ruled by aggressive hunting conservation policies of; kill-them-to-conserve-them. "Increasing human tolerance of large carnivores may be the best way to save these species from extinction," said co-researcher William Ripple...Also, more large protected areas are urgently needed for large carnivore …
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Opinion Editorial: Proposal to delist wolves will lead to problems
Source: Journal Sentinel by Mary Falk , February 15, 2017 We sure don’t need our state’s U.S. senators signing off on bills allowing wolves to be indiscriminately killed. I raise cattle, sheep and goats on 200 acres in Burnett County, where my family runs a small cheese plant. Since our farm connects to a wildlife corridor, …
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Top predators like wolves, bears, lions and tigers have declined dramatically around the world over the past century
Conservationists widen toolkit for predator management Source: Berkeley News By Brett Israel, 12/13/16 Top predators like wolves, bears, lions and tigers have declined dramatically around the world over the past century. One major driver of these declines is retaliatory killing by people following predator attacks on domestic livestock. This lethal approach to predator management is increasingly …