State Management of Wolves Recipe for Conflict

By George Wuerthner, New West
A month ago the wolf was delisted under the Endangered Species Act and state wildlife agencies were permitted to take over wolf management. Most state wildlife agencies profess a desire to minimize human-wolf conflicts. Yet their management plans are, without exception, guaranteed to create greater conflicts.

Idaho has an ‘Anti-Wolf Coalition’, and they’re mean!

(I’m always telling friends about the public meetings I attended in Montana about wolf management, and about the frightening attitude that some people in the Yellowstone area have towards wildlife. I tend not to read as much as I used to about wildlife issues in that area, as it’s pretty maddening, but occasionally I check [...]

Alberta ‘Experiment’ to Cull Wolves So Hunters Can Hunt More Elk

(What the fuck? This culture is so ignorant when it comes to wildlife. Let’s home this idea is tossed out like the garbage it is.)
The Edmonton Journal
Published: Saturday, March 08
Whatever you might think of killing wolves, it’s hardly “like swatting a mosquito,” as a government spokesman so uneloquently described a new controversial, government-supported cull of [...]

British Columbia May Kill Cougars, Wolves for Caribou Recovery

(from the EN newswire) What an asinine plan.
Thursday 26 October 2006
A new government plan to save British Columbia’s threatened mountain caribou involves moving some predators and killing others. Critics say the government is scapegoating predators and a moratorium on logging plus habitat restoration in clearcut areas would do more for caribou recovery. A team of [...]

British Conservationists Want to Bring Back Bison, Bears and Wolves

A conservationist group in Scotland known as the Wild Beast Trust has proposed the reintroduction of a wide variety of extirpated animals to the British Isles, including the bison and the grey whale.
An article from icwales.co.uk
I wish I could find the blog they refer to, bit alas…

Wildlife News Blogs

Here in Yellowstone Country the critters are constantly making news. Buffalo, bears, and wolves, especially are constantly under attack from small-minded humans. And then there’s this whole escaped elk thing (don’t get me started on that.)
Luckily for those of us who like to read about our critter neighbors, there are a few good sites that [...]