Abstract Worldwide, native predators are killed to protect livestock, an action that can undermine wildlife conservation efforts and create conflicts among stakeholders. An ongoing example is occurring in the western United States, where wolves (Canis lupus) were eradicated by the 1930s but are again present in parts of their historic range. While livestock losses to wolves represent a small …
Study shows effectiveness of nonlethal wolf deterrents
A seven-year study of the Wood River Wolf Project shows nonlethal deterrents to have been more than three times as effective as lethal control in reducing depredation on sheep. The study’s results were published in the February issue of the Journal of Mammalogy. The paper’s seven authors include people involved in the project, which seeks to protect up to …
Court rules to lift federal protections for Wyoming wolves
Protect Wyoming Wolves. They are coming into the crosshairs!! Wyoming has no business managing any species period! Judges clearly need to operate on 1 side of the Law… when one Judge sees it one way, another should not be able to see it another way when it comes to protecting Sacred Animals. A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled to …
Wolf KILLED by M-44 device in Oregon by the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services.
2017 March 2, 2017 Wolf dies in unintentional take in northeast Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife SALEM, Ore.—Wolf OR48, a Shamrock Pack adult male, died on Feb. 26 on private land in northeast Oregon after an unintentional take by the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services. The wolf died after encountering an M-44 device, a spring-activated device containing cyanide …