Wolves of Douglas County WI Films
Our films will make the viewer stop and think about how the human race is impacting wildlife, specifically gray wolves.
Source: A Humane Nation, Wayne Pacelle's Blog When a trophy hunter or rancher kills a wolf, it can have a cascading, splintering effect, leading to the deaths of other members of the pack, particularly yearling wolves and pups. Featured image: Photo by Alamy Approximately 59 percent of the world’s biggest mammalian carnivore species—from wolves to tigers …
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Conservation Scorecard shows that citizens are making a difference! Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to electing conservation leaders, holding decision makers accountable, and encouraging lawmakers to champion conservation policies that effectively protect Wisconsin’s natural resources and public health. "Are your legislators walking the conservation walk? Or are they just …
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,” …
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Source: THE POWER OF PARKS Threatened Species Are Thriving in Yellowstone. Now What? The park's protected ecosystem has reinvigorated what remains of the Wild West. The question is whether this is as wild as it gets. By Todd Wilkinson At its birth in 1872, Yellowstone National Park was viewed in great part as an oversize zoo, …
Wolf culls ensnared in ethical debate (Source) A groundswell of critics believe the century-old method of trapping animals should be done away with, writes Mark Hume For more than two decades, Gilbert Proulx has spent countless hours in an enclosed wooded compound, monitoring foxes as they hunted rabbits and squirrels, then setting what he thought were …
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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 …
This is Mickey Nelson's account of her encounter with wild wolves. This is truly a story of coexisting with wolves... In September of 2012, I was at our cabin in Douglas County Wisconsin. My husband was in the cabin and I decided to go for a walk with our dog, a Giant Schnauzer weighing in …
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Living in the north woods near wild animals can be a wonderful experience. There is nothing that can match sighting a bobcat with kits, a doe with a new fawn, snowy owls, bear, swans, and porcupines. If you have chosen to live in a north woods rural area, here are a few tips for living …
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Lack of ethical science in our government wildlife agencies is prevalent today more than ever. Or is it? Is there science in wildlife management? Is this science lacking empathy for the creatures they manage? Let's look at the leading expert of chimpanzee behavior, Dr. Jane Goodall, who refused to call her subjects by a number. …
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