The Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) is celebrating a small victory this month on behalf of the critically endangered Mexican gray wolf. The combined and ongoing efforts to support and grow the wild population Mexican gray wolves resulted in the release of six wolves (parents and four pups born this spring) into the wild in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental. The adult male in …
Wolves, wilderness and elk: Canis Lupus in Colorado
The Parks and Wildlife Commission recently considered not introducing wolves into Colorado. That’s too bad, because wolves are coming. They may already be here. You don’t think so? Then why is there a wolf sighting form on the CPW website and why do so many Coloradans claim to have seen Canis Lupus in the high country? Theories on how top-tier …
First California gray wolf predation event in nearly 100 years recorded
The report stipulates it is “probable” that a gray wolf predation event took place with the dead calf. It is unclear whether the dead cow found was killed by the wolves since the cow had evidence of infection and may have already been dead when the wolves got to it, Traverso said. During the investigation, which took place Nov. 11, …
Yukoner Clayton Thomas convicted for killing 2 wolves – North – CBC News
A Whitehorse man has been found guilty of violating the Yukon Wildlife Act for killing two wolves near his home, in 2013. Clayton Thomas was convicted of three charges — illegally hunting wolves, dangerous use of a firearm, and illegal trafficking (Thomas had planned to sell the pelts). Several other charges were stayed. Thomas shot the wolves a few days apart in April 2013, near his property in …