SALEM, ore. – Oregon officials said Tuesday they are moving to Phase II of the state’s wolf recovery plan after wildlife biologists documented seven breeding pairs of wolves in Oregon last year. Of nine known wolf packs, only the Imnaha Pack is not a breeding pair. The Umatilla River pack still needs to be surveyed. A breeding pair is a …
Wolf kill last hope for BC caribou herds
VICTORIA – When the B.C. government last resorted to shooting wolves from helicopters in the 1980s, an emotional public outcry forced a retreat. In the B.C. tradition, sensation-seeking urban media and protesters led the way. An outraged reporter named Pamela Martin marched a BCTV crew off the road near Fort St. John to expose this presumed crime against nature. With …
Tell Congress to Keep Wolves Protected – The Humane Society of the United States
Tell Congress to Keep Wolves Protected Wolves symbolize America’s wildest icons. These highly intelligent, family oriented creatures pair for life and raise their pups using extended family groups. But for hundreds of years, these beautiful animals have been vilified by those who would rather see them hunted as trophies than celebrated alive. In the short time since federal protections for …
Finding Balance in the Wolf Wars
Today, The HSUS and 21 other organizations – from the Detroit Zoo to the Center for Biological Diversity and the Wisconsin Federated Humane Societies to the Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians – petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to downlist wolves from “endangered” to “threatened” status across most of their range in the lower 48 states. We …