Six men charged over hunting some of Norway’s last wolves will learn their fate this week when a court rules on a landmark case that has gripped the country. Illegal hunting of wolves is thought to be extensive in Norway, driving down population numbers to perilously low levels. Now, for the first time, the authorities have prosecuted an alleged hunting …
Inbred wolf population on Isle Royale collapses
Each January, before they fly to snowbound Isle Royale in Lake Superior, ecologists Rolf Peterson and John Vucetich guess how many wolves they’ll spot. This pocket of wilderness in Michigan is home to the world’s longest running predator-prey study, of wolves and moose. This year, Peterson figured that they’d likely find a mere seven wolves, given complications of inbreeding in …
Scientists say… 3 Wolves Remain at Isle Royale National Park – ABC News
The gray wolves of Isle Royale National Park, which scientists have studied closely for more than half a century along with the moose on which they feed, are on the verge of disappearing as the most recent census showed that only three remain, scientists said Friday. Inbreeding and illness appear to have caused a sharp drop-off in wolf numbers on …
Kathie Lynch: Yellowstone Wolf Update
Change for wolves …. Humans continue to simply make life for them worse by the Day “Change is the law of life,” John F. Kennedy once said, and that certainly applies to the lives of wolves in the wild. As always, the February breeding season and the following weeks brought excitement, danger, and consequences to the wolves of Yellowstone’s Northern …