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Yellowstone Wolves

  • Conservationists Request Feds Replace Photo of Mexican Wolf

    Ralph Maughan

    ‘Poster Wolf’ Was One of 18 Rare Mexican Wolves Killed Through Capture; Altogether, More Than 2,900 Gray Wolves Killed- Conservation groups are fed up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service continuing to use the photo of a particular Mexican wolf as their “poster wolf,” after they trapped and accidentally killed her back in 2005.…

  • Wolves draw fans to Yellowstone in winter

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf watching generates winter tourism- Wolves draw fans to Yellowstone in the winter. AP

  • Yellowstone wolf report. Enormous change in pack compositions

    Ralph Maughan

    Are the Sloughs gone? Plus five new wolf groups- As wolf mortality has increased there has been a general redistribution of wolves in the Northern Range. All the packs are affected, even the Druids. The Slough Creek Pack may no longer be intact. Two more dead members of the pack have been found and the…

  • Wyoming wolf report – Nov. 10, through Nov. 21, 2008

    Ralph Maughan

    Latest report says mange too is now hitting the Yellowstone Park Wolves- Ed Bangs just sent out the Wyoming wolf report. It is below. I cut off the redundant “blah, blah” about delisting, etc. that is at the outset of every report. The key is news is that mange it now hitting Yellowstone Park wolves.…

  • Wyoming Wolf Weekly- Oct 27 to Nov 8, 2008

    Ralph Maughan

    Report says 16-17 “packs” in WY outside Yellowstone- Here is the latest official Wyoming wolf news sent out by Ed Bangs. The number of wolves “controlled” this year is down a lot, but total WY mortality down just slightly from 2007. The report says 16 -17 “packs” have been observed over the year with an…

  • Yellowstone wolf decline thought to be disease-related

    Ralph Maughan

    Given a situation like this in the most problematic state — Wyoming — what does this say about delisting? This article covers some of the same ground as my ealier report on the current situation with the Yellowstone Park wolves. In fact we don’t even know that the decline is limited to the Park boundaries.…

  • Yellowstone Park sees major loss of wolf pups, adults this year

    Ralph Maughan

    Yellowstone wolf population is hit hard this year. Reasons not certain- Back in 2005 after years of major population growth tapering off to stability, the Yellowstone wolf population suddenly crashed when all but 20% of that year’s wolf pups died. While the cause was not determined for sure, most think it was due to canine…

  • Wyoming wolf weekly. October 13 – 17, 2008

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming wolf news report, Oct 13-17, 2008- I received a second Wyoming wolf weekly in the course of two days. Here is the very latest news as reported by Ed Bangs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Note that the beginning of the report is a duplicate of the last report, but further down…

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