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					<title>As British Columbia mulls continued wolf-killing to save caribou, critics say habitat loss is the real threat</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/as-british-columbia-mulls-continued-wolf-killing-to-save-caribou-critics-say-habitat-loss-is-the-real-threat/</link>
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					<pubDate>01 Sep 2026 13:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Spoorthy Raman]]>
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						<![CDATA[Sharon Guynup]]>
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							<![CDATA[British Columbia, Canada, and North America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Development, Ecosystems, Environment, Habitat, Habitat Degradation, Habitat Loss, Infrastructure, Mammals, Research, Top Predators, Ungulates, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia is in talks to extend its decade-long wolf cull program by another five years. Since 2015, the province has killed wolves in areas with declining populations of endangered woodland caribou as part of its Caribou Recovery Program. In April 2026, provincial authorities began engaging key stakeholders [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia is in talks to extend its decade-long wolf cull program by another five years. Since 2015, the province has killed wolves in areas with declining populations of endangered woodland caribou as part of its Caribou Recovery Program. In April 2026, provincial authorities began engaging key stakeholders about the proposed extension, including about 70 First Nations in affected areas, hundreds of landowners, environmental NGOs and others. They’re expected to make a final decision by October, according to a spokesperson from the provincial Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship and the Ministry of Forests, in an email statement to Mongabay. If the proposal passes, the government will continue shooting gray wolves (Canis lupus), the primary predators of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), in 15 areas with herds. Eleven of these locations will have a yearly cull; in four, the canids will be killed every two years, the spokesperson said. B.C.’s wolf cull program was instituted to reverse historic caribou declines. Provincial data today show the ungulate’s numbers are rising in areas where wolves are killed. But the proposed extension, without steps to address habitat loss, has sparked outrage and concern among conservationists and scientists. Woodland caribou are on the brink in B.C., and the province is trying to save the remaining herds through maternal penning and supplemental feeding, in addition to killing predators. Image © Jocelyn Allen via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0). This is an “equivocal, intensely debated” issue, said wildlife biologist&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/as-british-columbia-mulls-continued-wolf-killing-to-save-caribou-critics-say-habitat-loss-is-the-real-threat/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Rodent-killing baits threaten small wild cats and other wildlife</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/rodent-killing-baits-threaten-small-wild-cats-and-other-wildlife/</link>
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					<pubDate>23 Jun 2026 14:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Sean Mowbray]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Sharon Guynup]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Australia, Global, North America, Oceania, South Africa, Southern Africa, United States, and Washington]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Carnivores, Cats, Chemicals, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Health, Mammals, Poisoning, Predators, Rodents, Small Cats, Toxicology, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cat kills rodent. Cat eats rodent. Cat is exposed to potentially lethal rodenticides. That scenario is increasingly likely for many small wild cat species across the globe, and yet, only a handful of researchers are investigating this underrecognized conservation issue. Thus far, researchers confirmed that one wild cat population has declined from exposure to these [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cat kills rodent. Cat eats rodent. Cat is exposed to potentially lethal rodenticides. That scenario is increasingly likely for many small wild cat species across the globe, and yet, only a handful of researchers are investigating this underrecognized conservation issue. Thus far, researchers confirmed that one wild cat population has declined from exposure to these poisons. That’s a small bobcat (Lynx rufus) living on Kiawah Island off the South Carolina coast in the U.S., which faces imminent local extinction due to rodenticides. Up until 2019, there was a stable population of these beloved cats, which are considered celebrities there, but that year, three cats died. Among them was a female that bled to death while giving birth. Postmortems revealed concoctions of rodenticides in each of the bobcats’ blood and livers. Over the next four years, there were 12 more victims and the bobcats’ overall survival rate fell to 39%. All tested positive for concentrations of anticoagulant rodenticides; some had been acutely poisoned, said Meghan Keating, a doctoral candidate at South Carolina’s Clemson University. That was a troubling sign for a population that now numbers less than 20 individuals. They are regularly exposed to rodenticides, as rodents (including rats) are a major part of their diet, Keating said. Also troubling is that her team found exposure to not just one, but a cocktail of rodenticides. “We haven&#8217;t had a bobcat test positive for less than two rodenticides,” she told Mongabay. Kiawah Island’s rodenticide-driven bobcat decline may be an outlier, given its&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2026/06/rodent-killing-baits-threaten-small-wild-cats-and-other-wildlife/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-321399</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Choosing coexistence over conflict: How some California ranchers are adapting to wolves</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/choosing-coexistence-over-conflict-how-some-california-ranchers-are-adapting-to-wolves/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Dec 2025 10:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Spoorthy Raman]]>
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						<![CDATA[Sharon Guynup]]>
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							<![CDATA[California, North America, and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Canids, Conservation, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Environmental Law, Extinction, Hunting, Law, Mammals, National Parks, Predators, Protected Areas, Reintroductions, Research, Restoration, Top Predators, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the fourth part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read Part 1,  Part 2 and Part 3. A lone gray wolf (Canis lupus) named OR-7 — then a 2 ½-year-old male — created history when he crossed over the state line from Oregon into California in 2011, becoming the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the fourth part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read Part 1,  Part 2 and Part 3. A lone gray wolf (Canis lupus) named OR-7 — then a 2 ½-year-old male — created history when he crossed over the state line from Oregon into California in 2011, becoming the first wolf to set foot in the state after nearly a century. His arrival, followed by his descendants who then established new packs, became a thumping conservation success for an endangered species in present-day California. Meandering the vast wilderness that straddles the border between the two states, OR-7 visited a few ranches in northern California on his 4,830-kilometer (3,000-mile) journey, including Mark Coats’ place in Siskiyou County. Coats, who was recuperating from an injury at the time, vividly remembers that visit. He’s raised cattle for more than five decades now. “My neighbor came over and said, ‘Mark, there&#8217;s a wolf on your ranch. Don&#8217;t shoot it. They’ll put you in jail,’” Coats said. That night, he found OR-7’s footprints on his property. Various predators had killed his cattle over the years: coyotes (C. latrans), black bears (Ursus americanus) and mountain lions (Puma concolor). But wolves were new. After the last gray wolves were shot down in the 1920s, generations of California’s ranchers raised their cattle without having to worry about — or prepare for — this predator in their landscape. OR-7’s visit panicked Coats and his fellow ranchers. “I was already losing five calves a&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/choosing-coexistence-over-conflict-how-some-california-ranchers-are-adapting-to-wolves/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>First state-authorized killings mark escalation in California’s management of wolves</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/first-state-authorized-killings-mark-escalation-in-californias-management-of-wolves/</link>
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					<pubDate>29 Nov 2025 08:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Spoorthy Raman]]>
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						<![CDATA[Sharon Guynup]]>
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							<![CDATA[California, North America, and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Canids, Conservation, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Environmental Law, Extinction, Hunting, Law, Mammals, National Parks, Predators, Protected Areas, Reintroductions, Research, Restoration, Top Predators, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the third part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read the first, second and fourth parts. In late October, wildlife authorities in the U.S. state of California announced they captured and euthanized three adult gray wolves and shot a juvenile dead, all from the Beyem Seyo pack in the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the third part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read the first, second and fourth parts. In late October, wildlife authorities in the U.S. state of California announced they captured and euthanized three adult gray wolves and shot a juvenile dead, all from the Beyem Seyo pack in the Sierra Valley. Wardens killed them, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said, because the wolves (Canis lupus) had become “habituated to preying on cattle” rather than hunting elk, deer and other wild prey. The wolves killed were a breeding pair, an adult female, and a juvenile male “mistaken” for the adult male. Officers also found the remains of two other juveniles from the same pack that were severely decomposed. The cause of death remains unknown, and authorities are investigating. This pack took down at least 88 head of cattle between January and October 2025 according to a new CDFW report — about half of the 175 livestock deaths statewide and one of the highest rates in any western U.S. state where wolves live. The killings follow months of using nonlethal deterrents to keep wolves away, including drones, all-terrain vehicles, flapping strips of bright-colored “fladry” strung along fences, and round-the-clock human presence. CDFW deployed a strike team in June, where officers spent more than 18,000 staff hours using these methods, also called hazing, but the wolves continued killing cattle. “The Beyem Seyo pack became so reliant on cattle at an unprecedented level, and we&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/first-state-authorized-killings-mark-escalation-in-californias-management-of-wolves/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-310024</doi>				</item>
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					<title>As wolves roam California, livestock losses remain low, yet ranchers’ fears grow</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/as-wolves-roam-california-livestock-losses-remain-low-yet-ranchers-fears-grow/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Oct 2025 20:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Spoorthy Raman]]>
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						<![CDATA[Sharon Guynup]]>
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							<![CDATA[California, North America, and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Cattle, Conflict, Conservation, Ranching, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the second part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read the first, third and fourth parts. In May 2025, five counties in northern California — mostly rural farm and ranch land — declared an unprecedented state of emergency. It wasn’t a natural disaster or civil unrest that led to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the second part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read the first, third and fourth parts. In May 2025, five counties in northern California — mostly rural farm and ranch land — declared an unprecedented state of emergency. It wasn’t a natural disaster or civil unrest that led to panic, but rather a bunch of thriving canids — wolves, to be precise. They’d killed livestock, and according to some residents, were exhibiting “bold, abnormal behavior” and “coming too close to homes.” Between October and December 2024, wolves killed 19 cattle in an area home to more than 300,000 cows, but the wolves are, in reality, returning to what was once their own homes. Gray wolves (Canis lupus) roamed the Californian landscape for thousands of years until the last one was shot in the 1920s. But over the last decade, they have started recolonizing their former territories, migrating south from Oregon, and their numbers have begun to rebound with howling success. Today, between 50 and 70 wolves live in 10 packs across the state, with most concentrated in the northeast — around counties that declared a state of emergency. Wolves, like all big carnivores, can go after livestock, but they prefer wild prey, particularly elk and deer, said Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, who has spent more than three decades studying wolves across the United States. “That&#8217;s what they evolved to eat for millions of years.” Studies show wolves&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/as-wolves-roam-california-livestock-losses-remain-low-yet-ranchers-fears-grow/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-307707</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Study busts big bad myth that wolves are growing fearless of humans</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/study-busts-big-bad-myth-that-wolves-are-growing-fearless-of-humans/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Oct 2025 11:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[Bobbybascomb]]>
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							<![CDATA[Europe and Poland]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Canids, Conflict, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Forests, Green, Human-wildlife Conflict, Mammals, Research, Technology, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[After years of being hunting to near-extinction, wolves are making a comeback in some of their historical ranges in Europe and North America. With their return comes a growing concern that the predators are moving too close to human settlements, becoming bolder and less fearful of people. Researchers set out to see if that’s true, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[After years of being hunting to near-extinction, wolves are making a comeback in some of their historical ranges in Europe and North America. With their return comes a growing concern that the predators are moving too close to human settlements, becoming bolder and less fearful of people. Researchers set out to see if that’s true, running a four-month-long experiment in Poland’s Tuchola Forest. Their findings suggest that the “big bad wolf,” as portrayed in popular culture, still has a healthy fear of humans. Tuchola Forest in northern Poland is representative of the human-dominated wildlife landscape wolves are reoccupying across Europe, with a mix of pine plantations, farms and towns, the authors write in their recent study. Wolves (Canis lupus) were first spotted there in 2005; today, the forest has about 15 wolf packs. To see how fearful they are of humans, researchers attached camera-speaker units to trees along 24 forest road intersection across 1,100 square kilometers (425 square miles) of Tuchola, covering the ranges of 10 wolf packs. The speakers played one of three audio recordings when triggered by motion: women and men speaking calmly in Polish; dogs barking; and a control sound of bird calls, a natural part of the forest. The researchers then made hundreds of recordings to see how wolves and their prey, such as red deer (Cervus elaphus), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa), responded to these playbacks. The study found both wolves and their prey fear humans. Wolves fled 2.4 times as&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/study-busts-big-bad-myth-that-wolves-are-growing-fearless-of-humans/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Wolves’ continued spread in California brings joy, controversy &#038; conflicts</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/wolves-continued-spread-in-california-brings-joy-controversy-conflicts/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Aug 2025 05:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Spoorthy Raman]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Sharon Guynup]]>
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							<![CDATA[California, North America, and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Canids, Conservation, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Environmental Law, Extinction, Hunting, Law, Mammals, National Parks, Predators, Protected Areas, Reintroductions, Research, Restoration, Top Predators, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the first part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read the second, third and fourth parts. With its enchanting eyes, powerful jaws, acute senses and haunting howls, the gray wolf (Canis lupus) — the largest member of the dog family — is a wilderness icon. Once the most widespread mammal [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[This is the first part of Mongabay’s series on the expanding wolf population in California. Read the second, third and fourth parts. With its enchanting eyes, powerful jaws, acute senses and haunting howls, the gray wolf (Canis lupus) — the largest member of the dog family — is a wilderness icon. Once the most widespread mammal on the planet, gray wolves roamed across large swaths of North America, Europe and Asia. However, as human settlements grew, these livestock-killing canids became “vermin” and were hunted to near-extinction in many parts of their range. By the mid-20th century, wolves were extirpated from the contiguous U.S. Their remarkable comeback since the 1980s, thanks in part to their reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park, has sparked joy, controversy and conflicts. The latest saga is playing out in California, where there’s a lot of potential for conflict: It’s the most populous U.S. state with nearly 40 million people. Some 7 million cattle graze on 57 million acres of rangeland, half of which are privately owned. California’s wolves, which naturally dispersed south from Oregon, are now further expanding their territories, with more  frequent encounters — and conflict — with humans. “Almost every pack does overlap to some degree with an agricultural area with livestock,” said Axel Hunnicutt, a biologist who coordinates the wolf program for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). Almost every group has killed livestock. “That’s one thing that unites all of the packs in California, unfortunately,” he added. Gray wolves are the largest&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/08/wolves-continued-spread-in-california-brings-joy-controversy-conflicts/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Coexistence with Europe’s carnivores is possible (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/coexistence-with-europes-carnivores-is-possible-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Apr 2025 20:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[John Linnell]]>
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						<![CDATA[Erik Hoffner]]>
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							<![CDATA[Europe and European Union]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Bears, Biodiversity, Carnivores, Cats, Commentary, Conservation, Environment, Ethics, Predators, Restoration, Rewilding, Top Predators, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Few people working in wildlife conservation in the 1980s could have imagined a future where breeding wolf packs roam the Netherlands and Denmark — but this is now part of Europe’s new reality. Over the last 30 to 40 years, European wildlife has undergone a dramatic transformation. Conservation laws, like the Bern Convention and the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Few people working in wildlife conservation in the 1980s could have imagined a future where breeding wolf packs roam the Netherlands and Denmark — but this is now part of Europe’s new reality. Over the last 30 to 40 years, European wildlife has undergone a dramatic transformation. Conservation laws, like the Bern Convention and the Habitats Directive, provided vital breathing space for many species to begin the long process to recovery. Among the most striking and iconic comebacks are large carnivores — brown bears, wolverines, Eurasian lynx, and especially the wolf — returning to landscapes from where they had been absent for decades or even centuries. From a conservation perspective, this is a remarkable success. Because of large carnivores’ position at the top of the food chain, conserving them in the modern European landscape requires that most of their populations live outside protected areas (such as national parks and nature reserves). This means that we need to share the landscapes where we live, work and play with new neighbors. In most cases, these new neighbors live quiet and invisible lives. But there is no escaping the fact that have the capacity to be very challenging cohabitants. A lynx being released in Poland as part of a rewilding project. Image courtesy of Fabien Quetier/Rewilding Europe. The return of these species has also led to a resurgence of age-old conflicts, such as livestock depredation and fears for personal safety, while also sparking new debates about how our modern society views nature and&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/coexistence-with-europes-carnivores-is-possible-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>How one woman’s wolf ‘moon shot’ changed Yellowstone forever: Interview with director Tom Winston</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/how-one-womans-wolf-moon-shot-changed-yellowstone-forever-interview-with-director-tom-winston/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Mar 2025 17:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Morgan Erickson-Davis]]>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond the screen: DCEFF]]>
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							<![CDATA[North America and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Environmental Law, Extinction, Film, Forests, Interviews, Mammals, National Parks, Predators, Protected Areas, Reintroductions, Restoration, Top Predators, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[In March 1995, a few wolves cautiously exited their pens into the melting snow of Yellowstone National Park, returning there 70 years after guns, traps and poison had wiped them out. The dramatic return of these top carnivores was watched around the world, the culmination of twists and turns rivaling any Hollywood blockbuster. Now, a [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In March 1995, a few wolves cautiously exited their pens into the melting snow of Yellowstone National Park, returning there 70 years after guns, traps and poison had wiped them out. The dramatic return of these top carnivores was watched around the world, the culmination of twists and turns rivaling any Hollywood blockbuster. Now, a new documentary film, Mollie’s Pack, tells the story in a new and emotional way. Mollie’s Pack pairs the story of the controversial reintroduction of the wolves with the life of Mollie Beattie, then head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Beattie was not only instrumental in bringing the Canadian wolves into Yellowstone National Park, but was also there to carry in the wolves on their arrival, specifically number five, an alpha female whose line would form the backbone of Yellowstone’s wolf population. Eighteen months after successfully bringing wolves back to Yellowstone, Beattie died from a brain tumor. She was 49 years old. These two stories — of Beattie’s life and death, and of the resurrection of wolves in one of the best-known ecosystems on the planet — form the film Mollie’s Pack. The film will be screened at the 2025 DC Environmental Film Festival, where Mongabay is a media partner. Mollie Beattie at the Yellowstone Arch in 1995. Image is a still from the film Mollie&#8217;s Pack. Mongabay’s Jeremy Hance interviewed the film’s director, Tom Winston, from the production company Grizzly Creek Films, about its serendipitous coming together and the legacy of Mollie Beattie&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/how-one-womans-wolf-moon-shot-changed-yellowstone-forever-interview-with-director-tom-winston/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>The paradox of balancing conservation efforts for Himalayan wolves and snow leopards (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/the-paradox-of-balancing-conservation-efforts-for-himalayan-wolves-and-snow-leopards-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>15 Jan 2025 22:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Naresh Kusi]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Erik Hoffner]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Nepal, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Big Cats, Biodiversity, Canids, Carnivores, Cats, Commentary, Conservation, Ecotourism, Livestock, Predators, Snow Leopards, Top Predators, Tourism, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and snow leopard (Panthera uncia) are apex predators in alpine ecosystems. By controlling the numbers of meso-predators and herbivores, these top predators can have cascading effects on plant and animal species at different trophic levels. Their predation activities create intricate trophic interactions that help stabilize food webs and promote [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and snow leopard (Panthera uncia) are apex predators in alpine ecosystems. By controlling the numbers of meso-predators and herbivores, these top predators can have cascading effects on plant and animal species at different trophic levels. Their predation activities create intricate trophic interactions that help stabilize food webs and promote a balanced ecosystem. These predators support nutrient cycling by helping scavengers through carrion provisioning and dispersing essential nutrients across the ecosystem. Furthermore, these carnivores attract global tourism, providing local communities with valuable ecotourism opportunities. These opportunities provide alternative livelihoods for pastoralists and other communities living in these mountainous regions, offering them a sustainable source of income that aligns with conservation goals. As iconic symbols of wildlife conservation, these predators inspire efforts to protect the Himalayan ecosystem, garnering support from local communities and international conservation organizations. Their presence enriches regional biodiversity and highlights the interconnectedness of life forms, emphasizing the importance of preserving the balance of the high-altitude environments. Perceptions and economic impacts on pastoral communities Mountain pastoralists in Asia often hold negative views of snow leopards and wolves due to predation on livestock that are essential for their income and food security. For these communities, livestock rearing is not merely a way of life; it is central to their economic survival, providing vital products like meat, milk, and wool. In recent years, shifts toward commercial agriculture have increased the economic value of livestock, making each animal crucial to the household’s financial well-being. For marginalized communities,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/the-paradox-of-balancing-conservation-efforts-for-himalayan-wolves-and-snow-leopards-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-292988</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Sweden&#8217;s &#8216;nature friendly&#8217; reputation is being shot to pieces (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/swedens-reputation-as-nature-friendly-is-being-shot-to-pieces-commentary/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/swedens-reputation-as-nature-friendly-is-being-shot-to-pieces-commentary/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>04 Sep 2024 17:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Misha Istratov]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Erik Hoffner]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Europe, European Union, and Sweden]]>
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							<![CDATA[Bears, Commentary, Conservation, Ecotourism, Environment, Ethics, Forestry, Governance, Hunting, Trophy Hunting, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[The majority of foreign visitors, and even most Swedish inhabitants, consider their country to be one that values nature. The image is also continually used in popular culture, for example, in the most recent Netflix adaptation of renowned author Astrid Lindgren&#8217;s novel Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter, in which stunning forests full of animals are shown. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The majority of foreign visitors, and even most Swedish inhabitants, consider their country to be one that values nature. The image is also continually used in popular culture, for example, in the most recent Netflix adaptation of renowned author Astrid Lindgren&#8217;s novel Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter, in which stunning forests full of animals are shown. This may have been the case in the past, but the same forests — and that one specifically, in fact — are either being deliberately destroyed or mercilessly felled right now. Things are far worse when it comes to wildlife, since, if one digs a little deeper, the nation has become a trophy hunter&#8217;s paradise that routinely flouts the European Union&#8217;s own Habitats Directive, which was put in place to safeguard endangered species. The European Union has been monitoring Sweden&#8217;s activities since 2010, when a number of environmental organizations lodged a complaint against the country&#8217;s hunt of protected species, particularly wolves. A letter to the European Commission, co-signed by 29 NGOs, was sent last year asking for the reopening of the infringement procedures against Sweden over its wolf management policy. In response, the commission stated that it is still keeping an eye on Sweden&#8217;s activities, 13 years after it began. Over those years, Sweden has killed hundreds of red-listed large carnivores every year, including wolves, bears, wolverines, and lynxes, who are the nation&#8217;s most adored creatures. Detail from the Rovdjurskampanjen (predator campaign) website. The influential Swedish hunting lobby, which has been essentially allowed to act&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/swedens-reputation-as-nature-friendly-is-being-shot-to-pieces-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-286922</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Wolves through the ages: A journey of coexistence, conflict, and conservation</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/wolves-through-the-ages-a-journey-of-coexistence-conflict-and-conservation/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Dec 2023 23:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Rhett Ayers Butler]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Rhett Butler]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[Global and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Books, Carnivores, Conservation, Culture, Endangered Species, Environment, Forests, Green, Hunting, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Interviews, Interviews with conservation players, Mammals, Predators, Top Predators, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Wolves, with their widespread distribution from North America to Eurasia, are ecologically vital as keystone species, playing a critical role in maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems by regulating prey populations. Their influence extends to increasing biodiversity and reshaping landscapes, thus fostering more robust and diverse natural environments. Culturally, wolves hold a unique place [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Wolves, with their widespread distribution from North America to Eurasia, are ecologically vital as keystone species, playing a critical role in maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems by regulating prey populations. Their influence extends to increasing biodiversity and reshaping landscapes, thus fostering more robust and diverse natural environments. Culturally, wolves hold a unique place in the human imagination, revered and mythologized across various cultures for their intelligence, resilience, and spirit of freedom. In many Indigenous communities, wolves have a prominent role in folklore and spiritual beliefs, often revered as ancestral figures, spiritual guides, and symbols of the untamed natural world. In her new book, Echo Loba, Loba Echo: Of Wisdom, Wolves, and Women, Sonja Swift delves into wolves and their intricate connections with human society, ecosystems, and cultural narratives. Bridging ecological insight with a rich tapestry of cultural wisdom, Swift dives into the multifaceted relationship between humans and wolves, a bond that has been both cherished and challenged throughout history. From childhood recollections to ecological roles, and from colonial impacts to modern conservation efforts, her work is a profound exploration of how wolves mirror our own stories, fears, and hopes. Swift recently spoke with Mongabay about how wolves reflect our existence and the myriad ways they are perceived across cultures. She discussed how Echo Loba, Loba Echo reflects her personal explorations and deep connections with these creatures, and shared observations on the evolving conservation sector&#8217;s recognition of Indigenous and Native interactions with the natural world. Sonja Swift AN INTERVIEW&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/wolves-through-the-ages-a-journey-of-coexistence-conflict-and-conservation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-276516</doi>				</item>
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					<title>On Nepal’s day to honor dogs, wild canines face mounting threats</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/on-nepals-day-to-honor-dogs-wild-canines-face-mounting-threats/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/on-nepals-day-to-honor-dogs-wild-canines-face-mounting-threats/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>10 Nov 2023 05:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Nepal, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Canids, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Mammals, Religions, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — As Hindus around the world celebrate the festival of lights, also known as Diwali or Deepavali, the Nepali variation of the event sees the faithful venerate their dogs as protectors and loyal human companions. On the second day of the five-day Tihar festival, devotees adorn their canid friends with garlands and feed them [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — As Hindus around the world celebrate the festival of lights, also known as Diwali or Deepavali, the Nepali variation of the event sees the faithful venerate their dogs as protectors and loyal human companions. On the second day of the five-day Tihar festival, devotees adorn their canid friends with garlands and feed them delicacies. The practice is seen as a way of pleasing Yama, the god of death and justice, who in Hindu lore has dogs as his vahana, or assistants. But as the dogs in cities, towns and villages, who suffer ill-treatment the rest of the year, enjoy their day in the limelight, their distant cousins in the country’s forests lead treacherous lives amid human persecution, spread of disease, wildfires, and competition with other predators. The Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus), also known as the dhole or Indian wild dog, is one of these, “an endangered species that we don’t talk about enough,” says researcher and dhole conservation campaigner Ambika Khatiwada. The dhole, the only surviving member of its genus, once roamed large swaths of Asia, from Afghanistan in the west to Laos in the east, and Russia in the north to India in the south. Today, it’s limited to fragmented habitats in Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. Its presence remains uncertain in Pakistan and the Korean Peninsula. There are many unknowns about the animal, according to an assessment for the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. The global population&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/on-nepals-day-to-honor-dogs-wild-canines-face-mounting-threats/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Return of the wolf to Nepal’s Himalayas may threaten snow leopards</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/return-of-the-wolf-to-nepals-himalayas-may-threaten-snow-leopards/</link>
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					<pubDate>29 Sep 2023 14:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Abhaya Raj Joshi]]>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Animals]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, Nepal, and South Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Adaptation To Climate Change, Animals, Big Cats, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conflict, Conservation, Habitat, Habitat Loss, Human-wildlife Conflict, Impact Of Climate Change, Leopards, Mountains, Predators, Snow Leopards, Tigers, Top Predators, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — On the slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal, a primeval scene plays out routinely, far from human eyes: a snow leopard lies in wait for its prey, its thick white-gray coat with large black rosettes serving as the perfect camouflage in this craggy terrain. When it senses the opportune moment, it pounces, aiming [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[KATHMANDU — On the slopes of the Himalayas in Nepal, a primeval scene plays out routinely, far from human eyes: a snow leopard lies in wait for its prey, its thick white-gray coat with large black rosettes serving as the perfect camouflage in this craggy terrain. When it senses the opportune moment, it pounces, aiming for the neck to immobilize the prey. For the next two to three days, it will feast on this single kill. Until a few years ago, snow leopards (Panthera uncia), also known as the “ghosts of the mountains,” were believed to be the only surviving apex predator in this part of the world. But the vulnerable species, already facing pressure from common leopards (Panthera pardus) and even tigers (Panthera tigris) moving to higher altitudes, faces an old nemesis from the dog family that has returned to this region after decades. “The Himalayan wolf had vanished from Nepal for over four decades when it started reappearing in different areas,” said researcher Bikram Shrestha. “People said they would kill or poison the wolves as they killed their livestock and even attacked humans.” A Himalayan wolf. Image by Madhu Chetri via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Unlike big cats, Himalayan wolves (Canis lupus) attack their prey in packs, using their social and cooperative skills to deadly effect. They rely on speed and endurance to chase and exhaust their prey, often over long distances. Wolf packs have even been known to bring down the mighty yak (Bos mutus), one&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/return-of-the-wolf-to-nepals-himalayas-may-threaten-snow-leopards/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-273739</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Montana cannot be trusted with grizzly bear &#038; wolf management (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/montana-cannot-be-trusted-with-grizzly-bear-wolf-management-commentary/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/montana-cannot-be-trusted-with-grizzly-bear-wolf-management-commentary/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>01 May 2023 22:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Lara Birkes]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Erik Hoffner]]>
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							<![CDATA[Montana, North America, and United States]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animals, Bears, Carnivores, Commentary, Conservation, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Environment, Hunting, Trophy Hunting, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Whether you live in Big Sky country, have enjoyed its natural wonders as a tourist, or marveled at the iconic imagery of Yellowstone National Park’s bears and wolves from afar – what’s happening to wildlife in the American West should concern you. Montana’s state legislature has proposed a litany of extreme anti-wildlife bills despite widespread, diverse, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Whether you live in Big Sky country, have enjoyed its natural wonders as a tourist, or marveled at the iconic imagery of Yellowstone National Park’s bears and wolves from afar – what’s happening to wildlife in the American West should concern you. Montana’s state legislature has proposed a litany of extreme anti-wildlife bills despite widespread, diverse, and credible opposition. The onslaught began in 2021 and continues in this legislative session with the introduction of bills that go from bad to worse. Last session those included snaring, night shooting and baiting wolves, and approving bounties to encourage more killing. It targeted black bears too, allowing the use of hounds after Montana had banned that for a century. And it opened up unlimited wolf take along Yellowstone’s border, despite the fact that those wolves spend 96% of their time in the Park and provide incredible research data that helps us manage them everywhere. A grizzly bear cub in Montana. Image by Marshal Hedin published to the Creative Commons. This year that effort continues, and the Legislature is making it clear that the next species it wants to target is grizzly bears. They are still protected under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), which has led to a remarkable comeback for a species that was almost wiped out before we began strong conservation work. That helped us get back to where we are today, with more than 2,000 grizzlies in the northern Rockies. But now, Montana lawmakers and Gov. Greg Gianforte are pushing measures that&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/montana-cannot-be-trusted-with-grizzly-bear-wolf-management-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>To restore large carnivore populations, make people wealthier, study finds</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/to-restore-large-carnivore-populations-make-people-wealthier-study/</link>
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					<pubDate>25 Jan 2023 20:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Liz Kimbrough]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Liz Kimbrough]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Big Cats, Carnivores, Cats, Conservation, Economics, Endangered Species, Environment, Green, Mammals, Tigers, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[The decline of big carnivore populations like lions, bears and lynx is most closely associated with rapid economic growth, according to a study published this week in Nature Communications. The study looked at 50 species of large carnivores worldwide over the past 50 years and found that social and economic factors, like people&#8217;s quality of life, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The decline of big carnivore populations like lions, bears and lynx is most closely associated with rapid economic growth, according to a study published this week in Nature Communications. The study looked at 50 species of large carnivores worldwide over the past 50 years and found that social and economic factors, like people&#8217;s quality of life, are more closely linked to declines of these species than just environmental factors like habitat loss and climate change. “The decline of large carnivores is stark. Lions and tigers are already absent from more than 90% of their historic range,” Thomas Johnson, from the University of Sheffield who led the study while based at the University of Reading, said in a press release. “At home, many of the UK carnivore species, such as lynx, wolf and bear have already been hunted into extinction.” According to Johnson, some carnivores are killed for their meat or for the wildlife trade, while others, like lions, may be murdered if they endanger a person&#8217;s life or way of life, such as their cattle. “In the midst of rapid development, people appear to become less tolerant of carnivores, conflicts explode, and we suspect that incidences of poaching and persecution rocket,” Johnson said. As people become wealthier, they are more likely to tolerate big cats and other carnivores. So, encouraging a sustainable model of social and economic development, rather than focusing only on issues like climate change, is the best way to save carnivores, the study suggested. The study also looked at&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/to-restore-large-carnivore-populations-make-people-wealthier-study/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Protecting canids from planet-wide threats offers ecological opportunities</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/protecting-canids-from-planet-wide-threats-offers-ecological-opportunities/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/protecting-canids-from-planet-wide-threats-offers-ecological-opportunities/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>10 Jan 2023 14:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sean Mowbray]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Glenn Scherer]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Covering the Commons and Planetary Boundaries]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Africa, Arctic, Brazil, Cerrado, Global, Kenya, and Southeast Asia]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Canids, Carnivores, Climate Change, Climate Science, Conservation, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Forests, Habitat, Habitat Loss, Impact Of Climate Change, Mammals, Nature-based climate solutions, Predators, Rewilding, Solutions, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Wild canids around the world are at risk, though some reintroductions are seeing good results. Conserving canids is not only good for ecosystem health, it can even potentially help curb climate change.]]>
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							<![CDATA[The 19th and 20th centuries saw a major decline in Arctic fox populations in Fennoscandia, the vast peninsula that includes Finland, Norway, Sweden and part of Russia. By the early 21st century, as few as 40 Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) remained. But after a nearly two-decade-long captive-breeding and reintroduction program, that number has grown to approximately 500, leading to an easing of the species’ threatened status in Norway and Sweden. Reintroductions of this kind offer hope in the fight against declining canid biodiversity across the globe. Yet these successes, too, remain precarious, as they take place against the background of a rapidly changing and nature-depleted world. In a recent paper, researchers warn that the sustainability of the Arctic fox conservation program is potentially being undermined by climate change, which could be disrupting the life cycle of the lemming, the fox’s primary prey. The Arctic fox’s survival is “problematic if lemmings are disappearing,” Arild Landa, a scientist with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, told Mongabay. “You might call the lemming the engine of the high alpine areas .… [But] lemming cycles have been interrupted during recent years and that is believed to be due to a warmer climate.” In Fennoscandia, a successful Arctic fox conservation reintroduction project led to the species being downlisted from critically endangered to endangered in Norway and Sweden. Image courtesy of Arild Landa/NINA. Add to that a second climate conservation challenge, as the Arctic fox is displaced by the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), which is moving&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/protecting-canids-from-planet-wide-threats-offers-ecological-opportunities/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Yellowstone’s wolves defied extinction, but face new threats beyond park’s borders</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/yellowstones-wolves-defied-extinction-but-face-new-threats-beyond-parks-borders/</link>
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					<pubDate>31 May 2022 09:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Grace Hansen]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Animals]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[North America and United States]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Canids, Charismatic Animals, Conservation, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Environmental Law, Extinction, Fellows, Hunting, Law, Mammals, National Parks, Predators, Protected Areas, Reintroductions, Restoration, Top Predators, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[In January 2022, I saw my first wild wolf. Even growing up in Idaho, a wolf sighting is rare, and I had never seen one. But from afar, I watched as the world’s largest canine predators resurfaced a conflicting, age-old reputation, one that had dogged them since the time when they were far more common [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In January 2022, I saw my first wild wolf. Even growing up in Idaho, a wolf sighting is rare, and I had never seen one. But from afar, I watched as the world’s largest canine predators resurfaced a conflicting, age-old reputation, one that had dogged them since the time when they were far more common in the U.S. West. Many ranchers have long seen them as only a menace, and some hunters argued that they deplete populations of elk and other game species. Still, most scientists agree they benefit the ecosystem by keeping the elk population under control and acting as a natural apex predator. When I looked out the window of the snow coach, a bus equipped with skis instead of tires, driving slowly along the road to Madison Junction, the first village inside Yellowstone’s west entrance, I didn’t see a fairy-tale villain or a conservation statistic. Instead, surveying us serenely from a meadow stood an animal that looked as much a part of the natural landscape as the nearby bison or the lingering steam from the geyser basin. The wolf was home. Whether it would be left in peace, however, was an old question with new implications stemming from measures like a recently passed hunting law that allowed the nearly unrestrained killing of the still-recovering species. By 2021, the number of wolves in Idaho, which shares part of Yellowstone National Park with Wyoming and Montana, had risen higher than it had in decades. However, as the number of&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/yellowstones-wolves-defied-extinction-but-face-new-threats-beyond-parks-borders/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-256501</doi>				</item>
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					<title>At-risk Cerrado mammals need fully-protected parks to survive: Researchers</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/at-risk-cerrado-mammals-need-fully-protected-parks-to-survive-researchers/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Oct 2020 12:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sharon Guynup]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Glenn Scherer]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Animals]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Brazil, Cerrado, Latin America, and South America]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animals, Big Cats, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Cattle, Conservation, Conservation Solutions, Deforestation, Drought, Dry Forests, Ecology, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Forests, Global Environmental Crisis, Green, Habitat, Habitat Degradation, Habitat Loss, Industrial Agriculture, Land Use Change, Mammals, Monitoring, Parks, Protected Areas, Ranching, Research, Savannas, Saving Species From Extinction, Solutions, Soy, Water, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Maned wolves, pumas, giant anteaters, tapirs and other Neotropical mammals are threatened with local extinctions unless more conserved areas are established in Brazil’s savanna biome, say scientists.]]>
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							<![CDATA[Each April for six consecutive years, Guilherme Braga Ferreira and three other researchers set out on a half-year journey, methodically installing remote camera traps across 386 square miles of the Brazilian Cerrado savanna. Their goal: to photograph maned wolves, giant anteaters, pumas, tapirs and other Neotropical mammals, residents of the world’s most biodiverse grasslands. The data would show where these animals lived and reveal how well they survived when living near humans. Ferreira and his team — ecologists from Instituto Biotrópicos, a Brazilian conservation nonprofit — deployed up to 70 cameras in carefully positioned arrays, concentrated at nine southeast Cerrado locations. The researchers split their surveillance between fully protected state and national parks and lesser-protected “mixed-use” areas where people live, ranch and farm. Then they counted the number of mammals living in each and ran the data through a computer model. In total, the researchers placed 517 camera traps in locations where mammals were most likely to be spotted — with each essentially becoming a selfie-station. When an animal walked past, it broke the infrared beam on the device, tripped the shutter and snapped its own photo. The researchers focused on 21 species that were big enough for the camera traps to record: those weighing at least 33 pounds, about the size of a small spaniel. (The Cerrado boasts over 250 mammals in all, with more than a dozen of them endemic.) The cameras documented these larger animals for an average of 50 days each year from 2012 to 2017, with&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/at-risk-cerrado-mammals-need-fully-protected-parks-to-survive-researchers/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>As predators return to Sweden’s wild, ecotourism looks to change mindsets</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/as-predators-return-to-swedens-wild-ecotourism-looks-to-change-mindsets/</link>
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					<pubDate>02 Oct 2020 13:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Johan Augustin]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Hayat Indriyatno]]>
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							<![CDATA[Europe and Sweden]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Bears, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecotourism, Environment, Forests, Human-wildlife Conflict, Hunting, Mammals, Predators, Reintroductions, Saving Species From Extinction, Solutions, Temperate Forests, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[GÄSTRIKLAND, Sweden — It’s just past 7 p.m. here in the woods along the eastern coast of Sweden. A handful of people are waiting, some of them for the past two hours, peering out from inside a small wooden cabin. The cabin sits at the top of a hill and has sweeping views of the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[GÄSTRIKLAND, Sweden — It’s just past 7 p.m. here in the woods along the eastern coast of Sweden. A handful of people are waiting, some of them for the past two hours, peering out from inside a small wooden cabin. The cabin sits at the top of a hill and has sweeping views of the landscape around it. There are mosquitoes to contend with, but the visitors have to sit still and keep any talking to a whisper. Outside, the tall conifers are completely still, but there’s the occasional flash of life: a woodpecker tap-tap-tapping at a trunk, a jay sweeping in for the seeds in a feeder, and a squirrel foraging among the mossy rocks below. A young buzzard suddenly appears and snags a piece of meat from among the rocks and disappears again, all within the blink of an eye. The meat, like the seeds in the feeder, has been left there to attract the wildlife. In this case, one of the more elusive inhabitants of the forest: brown bears. Sweden is home to about 3,000 bears in the wild, and Gästrikland has among the highest densities of the animal. “The bears are the ghosts of the forests,” says Vanessa Vogel, a visitor from Germany who’s waiting in the cabin for a glimpse of the animal. “They will show up when you least except it.” Ten p.m. comes and goes, and then, with no notice — without the slightest sound — there they are: on the path to&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/as-predators-return-to-swedens-wild-ecotourism-looks-to-change-mindsets/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Howling in the dark: Shining a light on a newly remembered wolf</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/howling-in-the-dark-shining-a-light-on-a-newly-remembered-wolf/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Sep 2020 06:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[John Wendle]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Terna Gyuse]]>
					</author>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Morocco, and North Africa]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Canids, Carnivores, Conservation, Environment, Forests, Mammals, Predators, Protected Areas, Species Discovery, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[IFRANE NATIONAL PARK, Morocco — As he guides his flock of sheep home through stands of oak and endangered Atlas cedar, Umimun Hammou feels something is wrong. Rounding a bend on the mountain trail, he sees what he has been fearing. A sheep is tangled in brush a few yards down the slope, its throat [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[IFRANE NATIONAL PARK, Morocco — As he guides his flock of sheep home through stands of oak and endangered Atlas cedar, Umimun Hammou feels something is wrong. Rounding a bend on the mountain trail, he sees what he has been fearing. A sheep is tangled in brush a few yards down the slope, its throat ripped open. A little further on, he finds a second with the same wound. Red blood stains its shaggy white fleece. Foraging for the acorns lying under a thin layer of December snow, his flock had been scattered through the forest during the day. Obscured by mist, it had been impossible to keep track of the herd. Now some $600 worth of livestock are dead. “They are our enemies,” Hammou says. “If I get a way to kill a wolf, I will kill it in order to protect my sheep.” Sheep on a hillside above the town of Azrou in the Middle Atlas mountains. Sheep and goats are allowed to overgraze in Ifrane National Park, leading to erosion. Image by John Wendle for Mongabay. Hammou and other shepherds fear these seldom-seen predators, but little is known to science about the wolves found here. Golden wolves (Canis anthus) are found across North Africa, as well as in the northern Sahel regions stretching from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east and as far south as northern Tanzania. But they were erased from formal taxonomy for 80 years. “They’re basically unknown to science,” says Liz&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/howling-in-the-dark-shining-a-light-on-a-newly-remembered-wolf/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>2020 ballot initiative would restore wolves to Colorado</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/2020-ballot-initiative-would-restore-wolves-to-colorado/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Dec 2019 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Erik Hoffner]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Erik Hoffner]]>
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							<![CDATA[Colorado, North America, and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Ecosystems, Human-wildlife Conflict, Interviews, Mammals, Predators, Restoration, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Earlier this month, more than 200,000 signatures were delivered to the Colorado secretary of state calling for the restoration of gray wolves (Canis lupus) to be put on the 2020 statewide ballot. Collected by volunteers from the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund, Initiative 107 would instruct Colorado Parks and Wildlife to take public input and [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Earlier this month, more than 200,000 signatures were delivered to the Colorado secretary of state calling for the restoration of gray wolves (Canis lupus) to be put on the 2020 statewide ballot. Collected by volunteers from the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund, Initiative 107 would instruct Colorado Parks and Wildlife to take public input and then develop a plan for reintroducing wolves to western Colorado by 2023. If passed, the Colorado General Assembly would also be tasked with developing a compensation program for ranchers who may lose livestock. This could mark the first time that voters direct the reintroduction of an endangered species. Mongabay reached out by email to wildlife biologist and Director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund, Mike Phillips, for his take on the initiative. Mongabay: Can you say a little about your background in conservation? Mike Phillips: I’ve worked as a conservation biologist with a focus on restoration of imperiled species since 1986. I led the historic effort to restore the red wolf to the southeastern U.S. and the gray wolf to Yellowstone National Park. What would the ballot initiative do, if it passes? For the first time in history, Initiative 107 allows Colorado voters to determine through direct democracy whether the wolf should be part of the future of the great public wildlands that stretch across 17 million plus acres of the western half of the state. If it passes, the state of Colorado will reintroduce wolves by December 2023 to establish  a viable population to&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/2020-ballot-initiative-would-restore-wolves-to-colorado/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Camera traps find rich community of carnivores on Apostle Islands</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/camera-traps-find-rich-community-of-carnivores-on-apostle-islands/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/camera-traps-find-rich-community-of-carnivores-on-apostle-islands/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>16 Jan 2019 09:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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							<![CDATA[North America and United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Bears, Biodiversity, Carnivores, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Islands, Mammals, Research, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Apostle Islands, dotting Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, U.S., are home to at least 12 species of carnivores, a new study has found. These include the American marten (Martes americana), a species that was completely wiped out of Wisconsin in the 1920s due to widespread habitat loss and trapping of the animals. The carnivore [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Apostle Islands, dotting Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, U.S., are home to at least 12 species of carnivores, a new study has found. These include the American marten (Martes americana), a species that was completely wiped out of Wisconsin in the 1920s due to widespread habitat loss and trapping of the animals. The carnivore community on the Apostle archipelago has not been studied before, the study&#8217;s lead author Maximilian L. Allen, a carnivore ecologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, told Mongabay. This is because the islands are remote, and the surrounding waters can be rough during summers and partially frozen during winters, Allen said. So, between 2014 and 2017, Allen and his colleagues took on the first-ever study of carnivores on the Apostle Islands by deploying 160 camera traps across 19 Apostle islands. These islands are all part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, a protected area that includes 21 islands and a 19-kilometer (12-mile) stretch of Wisconsin mainland. &#8220;We were interested in trying to document if carnivores inhabited the islands, which had not been studied before, and we were interested in determining how the island environment affected the carnivore community,&#8221; Allen said. By the end of their survey, the researchers had collected more than 200,000 photographs revealing a diverse community of carnivores. The cameras detected 10 land carnivores, including the American marten, black bear (Ursus americanus), bobcat (Lynx rufus), coyote (Canis latrans), fisher (Pekania pennant), gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), gray wolf (Canis lupus), raccoon (Procyon lotor), red fox (Vulpes&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/camera-traps-find-rich-community-of-carnivores-on-apostle-islands/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Pressure mounting for the home of wild coffee and Ethiopian wolves</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/pressure-mounting-for-the-home-of-wild-coffee-and-ethiopian-wolves/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/pressure-mounting-for-the-home-of-wild-coffee-and-ethiopian-wolves/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>18 Dec 2018 11:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nathan Siegel]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Genevieve Belmaker]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, East Africa, and Ethiopia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agroforestry, Coffee, Community-based Conservation, Forest Products, Forests, Rainforests, Tropical Forests, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[GLO-4060 QZA-16/0047.3]]>
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							<![CDATA[GOBA, Ethiopia — Abdul Mohamed has an unenviable job. He’s a park ranger tasked with protecting Harenna Forest in southern Ethiopia from illegalbe activities like logging and charcoal production. Mohamed realizes the importance of preserving it for his, and his neighbors’, livelihoods. The problem is that Mohamed and his eight colleagues are in charge of [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[GOBA, Ethiopia — Abdul Mohamed has an unenviable job. He’s a park ranger tasked with protecting Harenna Forest in southern Ethiopia from illegalbe activities like logging and charcoal production. Mohamed realizes the importance of preserving it for his, and his neighbors’, livelihoods. The problem is that Mohamed and his eight colleagues are in charge of protecting an area that’s about 100 square kilometers (40 square miles). “We need more people,” he says. Patrolling for shenanigans can be dirty work. On the off chance that they catch someone red-handed burning charcoal or cutting trees for firewood or furniture, there are sometimes aggressive confrontations. “People are ready to fight,” Mohamed says. Communities that want to clear land for crops don’t understand the position of the rangers, and often start arguing or threaten violence, he says. “I get very scared!” he adds, a shocking statement from a man with his job and physical stature. Mohamed is on the front lines in a mounting battle to preserve Harenna Forest, part of a crucial ecosystem in southern Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park. Economic development, climate change and population growth threaten the health of the park. The region is vital to the survival of endemic flora and fauna, like the mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni), a large antelope, and some of the planet’s last wild coffee, as well as ancient forms of livelihood such as beekeeping. The park serves as a watershed for 12 million people, many of whom live in the arid lowlands and rely on&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/pressure-mounting-for-the-home-of-wild-coffee-and-ethiopian-wolves/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Restore wolves or slaughter deer to save Japanese forests?</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/restore-wolves-or-slaughter-deer-to-save-japanese-forests/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/restore-wolves-or-slaughter-deer-to-save-japanese-forests/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>20 Nov 2018 14:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Dan Zukowski]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Genevieve Belmaker]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia and Japan]]>
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							<![CDATA[Conservation, Forests, Predators, Reintroductions, Sustainable Forest Management, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[From the peak of Mt. Rausu, a clear view of the Shiretoko Peninsula opens from the Okhotsk Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean on the east. Below, a dense green boreal forest of conifers, maples, and birch hides hundreds of brown bears and 590,000 sika deer. Japanese wolves once roamed this wilderness but [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[From the peak of Mt. Rausu, a clear view of the Shiretoko Peninsula opens from the Okhotsk Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean on the east. Below, a dense green boreal forest of conifers, maples, and birch hides hundreds of brown bears and 590,000 sika deer. Japanese wolves once roamed this wilderness but their primeval howls fell silent here, and throughout Japan, more than a hundred years ago. Narumi Nambu is working to bring wolves back to Japan. “An apex predator is essential for sustainability of an ecosystem, and in Japan it was a wolf,” she wrote via email. Nambu volunteers for the Japan Wolf Association. Her work earned her the “Who Speaks for Wolf” award  at the International Wolf Symposium in Minnesota, where she recently spoke. She explained that, without the presence of natural predators like wolves, two-thirds of Japan’s 30 national parks are showing signs of deer-induced injury. Shiretoko National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a deer problem, as does much of Japan. According to the most recent annual report by the Japan Forestry Agency, 8,000 hectares (19,768 acres) of the country’s forest were harmed in 2015 by wildlife — 77 percent of it due to deer. All told, deer were responsible for $53 million in damage. Sika deer in Nara, Japan. Photo by Jakub Halun/Wikipedia. Marc Abrams, a forest ecologist at Penn State University, explained that deer browsing prevents young seedlings from taking hold, and has allowed strong, resilient sasa bamboo to take&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/restore-wolves-or-slaughter-deer-to-save-japanese-forests/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A ‘perfect policy storm’ cuts puma numbers by almost half near Jackson, Wyoming</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/a-perfect-policy-storm-cuts-puma-numbers-by-almost-half-near-jackson-wyoming/</link>
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					<pubDate>01 Aug 2018 07:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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							<![CDATA[United States]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behavior, Animals, Big Cats, Biodiversity, Cats, Cattle, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Environmental Policy, Human-wildlife Conflict, Hunting, Livestock, Mammals, National Parks, Parks, Politics, Predators, Protected Areas, Reintroductions, Research, Top Predators, Tracking, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Several decades of seemingly unrelated policies, ranging from increases in elk hunting to the reintroduction of wolves, have combined to cut a population of mountain lions in the western United States by 48 percent, a recent study has found. Over a span of 14 years, a team of biologists tracked the movements of 134 pumas [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Several decades of seemingly unrelated policies, ranging from increases in elk hunting to the reintroduction of wolves, have combined to cut a population of mountain lions in the western United States by 48 percent, a recent study has found. Over a span of 14 years, a team of biologists tracked the movements of 134 pumas (Puma concolor) fitted with radio or GPS collars in a 2,300-square-kilometer (888-square-mile) area north of Jackson, Wyoming, and arrived at that conclusion. They reported their findings on June 25 in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Panthera biologist Mark Elbroch recommends suspending mountain lion hunting for three years in and around the study area. Image by Duncan Parker/Panthera. Like many places in the American West, the region is a patchwork of land that’s under the control of different government agencies with differing opinions and management goals. “It makes that part of our country really unique,” Mark Elbroch, a biologist with the wild cat conservation group Panthera and one of the study’s lead authors, said in an interview. But the decisions taken by those groups can sometimes result in unintended consequences. In the case of this study, the combination of the reintroduction of wolves in nearby Yellowstone National Park in 1995, a decision to reduce the population of elk (a favorite prey species of the puma) through hunting, and increased hunting of pumas themselves formed what Elbroch called a “perfect storm” that nearly halved the mountain lion population in the study area. The study followed the movements&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/a-perfect-policy-storm-cuts-puma-numbers-by-almost-half-near-jackson-wyoming/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>2700 scientists issue call to action on border wall wildlife threat</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/2700-scientists-issue-call-to-action-on-border-wall-wildlife-threat/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/2700-scientists-issue-call-to-action-on-border-wall-wildlife-threat/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>25 Jul 2018 14:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Morgan Erickson-Davis]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Morgan Erickson-Davis]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Mexico, North America, and United States]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animals, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Environment, Environmental Policy, Extinction, Governance, Megafauna, Research, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[The infamous proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico has been, to put it lightly, controversial. The apple of the Trump administration’s eye, a total barrier between the two countries remains entrenched in the wish list of the U.S. president. But while Donald Trump maintains that it would effectively reduce illegal immigration, critics say [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The infamous proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico has been, to put it lightly, controversial. The apple of the Trump administration’s eye, a total barrier between the two countries remains entrenched in the wish list of the U.S. president. But while Donald Trump maintains that it would effectively reduce illegal immigration, critics say a wall would achieve little towards that goal while costing taxpayers billions and hurting communities along the border. Now, scientists – more than 2,700 of them – are entering the fray. A study published yesterday in BioScience includes the names of 2,723 professionals from the scientific community (along with 674 general supporters), as of press time, who agree with the study’s conclusions and are concerned by its implications. The study was headed by Robert Peters of the conservation advocacy organization Defenders of Wildlife. A border wall prototype constructed earlier this year. Photo by U.S. Customs and Border Protection The study details the possible ramifications to wildlife populations if a wall is built to completion. In total, it finds that more than 1,500 species stand to be affected. “Our analysis shows that the border bisects the geographic ranges of 1506 native terrestrial and freshwater animal (1077) and plant (429) species,” the paper states, including 62 species listed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The ranges of several endangered subspecies straddle the border, including the Peninsular bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni), Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) and Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis).&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/2700-scientists-issue-call-to-action-on-border-wall-wildlife-threat/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>After logging, activists hope to extend protections for Bialowieza Forest</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/after-logging-activists-hope-to-extend-protections-for-bialoweiza-forest/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/after-logging-activists-hope-to-extend-protections-for-bialoweiza-forest/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>28 Jun 2018 22:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Morgan Erickson-Davis]]>
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							<![CDATA[Europe and Poland]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Beetles, Birds, Bison, Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment, Forests, Global Warming, Logging, Old Growth Forests, Primary Forests, Temperate Forests, Trees, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[G-1710-55576]]>
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							<![CDATA[But for the rumble of frogs or the song of a bluethroat, Bialowieza Forest in Poland has become quiet again after two years of heavy machinery, chainsaws and falling trees. But it’s not the same forest as it was before the drastic explosion in logging began—and it will likely take decades, if not longer, to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[But for the rumble of frogs or the song of a bluethroat, Bialowieza Forest in Poland has become quiet again after two years of heavy machinery, chainsaws and falling trees. But it’s not the same forest as it was before the drastic explosion in logging began—and it will likely take decades, if not longer, to recover. So, activists say now is the time to call for the Bialowieza National Park to be extended across the entire ecosystem. “The entire Forest of Bialowieza must become a national park. It is [the] most valuable forest [in] Poland and lowland Europe, the home of unique species of animals, plants and fungi,” said Krzysztof Cibor, a spokesperson for Greenpeace- Poland. “We cannot lose this treasure.” The logging bonanza The firestorm over Bialowieza—which tested the European Union—began over two years ago. In March of 2016, then-Polish Environment Minister Jan Szyzko approved a plan to triple industrial logging in Poland’s Bialoweiza forest. The government argued it was the only way to combat a spruce bark beetle outbreak, but environmentalists believed that was largely an excuse to give access to the state-run logging regime. Two months later the government dismissed 32 scientists from an advisory board for their opposition to the plan. Although the logging plan spared the national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site portion of Bialoweiza, it targeted the remaining unprotected forest, which comprises the majority of the ecosystem in Poland. Logs lie on the ground after being felled in Bialoweiza Forest. Photo by Grzegorz&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/after-logging-activists-hope-to-extend-protections-for-bialoweiza-forest/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Mountain lions often lose to wolves and bears, study finds</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/mountain-lions-often-lose-to-wolves-and-bears-study-finds/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Feb 2018 07:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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							<![CDATA[Central America, North America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Bears, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Forests, Green, Hunting, Mammals, Mountains, Over-hunting, Research, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[The large, secretive puma (Puma concolor) may be at the top of its food chain, but it is not always the king of its territory. Native to the Americas, the puma, also called the mountain lion, cougar, catamount or panther, often shares its habitat with several other top predators, such as wolves, bears, coyotes and jaguars. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The large, secretive puma (Puma concolor) may be at the top of its food chain, but it is not always the king of its territory. Native to the Americas, the puma, also called the mountain lion, cougar, catamount or panther, often shares its habitat with several other top predators, such as wolves, bears, coyotes and jaguars. But when the hunting grounds of these predators overlap, the puma is often the loser, researchers report in a new study published in PeerJ. By reviewing the scientific literature on competition between pumas and other predators, researchers have found that wolves, grizzly bears, black bears and jaguars often dominate pumas. In fact, pumas are subordinate to at least one other top carnivore in 47.5 percent of their range across North and South America. In turn, pumas seem to be dominant only over coyotes and maned wolves. “I recognized the hole in my own understanding of mountain lions — I knew so little about their relationships with other animals,” said lead author Mark Elbroch, lead scientist for puma program at the global wild cat conservation organization Panthera. “A review seemed the ideal way to search for and find research on the subject.” Pumas are often in competition with other top predators. And they don’t always win. Picture by Panthera. Among the top predators, wolves appear to have the strongest influence on mountain lions, dominating pumas on most encounters, Elbroch’s team found. This is likely because wolves hunt in packs and outnumber the generally solitary puma. Wolves often harass pumas, the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/mountain-lions-often-lose-to-wolves-and-bears-study-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-203536</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Big mammals flourish as Cerrado park&#8217;s savanna comes back</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2017/07/big-mammals-flourish-as-cerrado-parks-savanna-comes-back/</link>
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					<pubDate>14 Jul 2017 09:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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						<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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							<![CDATA[Brazil, Latin America, and South America]]>
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							<![CDATA[Afforestation, Analysis, Animals, Beef, Biodiversity, Camera Trapping, cameras, Carnivores, Cats, Cattle, Conservation, Degraded Lands, Dry Forests, Ecology, Endangered Species, Environment, Forests, Fragmentation, Global Environmental Crisis, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Mammals, Megafauna, Parks, Pasture, Plantations, Protected Areas, Ranching, Restoration, Savannas, Small Cats, Tapirs, Timber, Trees, Wildlife, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[Part of Brazil’s most altered landscape has proven that it&#8217;s capable of regenerating after the effects of farming, timber plantations and ranching, according to a recent study. The research demonstrates for the first time that recovering areas in the savanna-anchored ecosystem known as the Brazilian Cerrado can support about the same numbers of large mammals [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Part of Brazil’s most altered landscape has proven that it&#8217;s capable of regenerating after the effects of farming, timber plantations and ranching, according to a recent study. The research demonstrates for the first time that recovering areas in the savanna-anchored ecosystem known as the Brazilian Cerrado can support about the same numbers of large mammals as pristine sections. The findings, published online in June by the journal Biotropica, offer a bit of hope for biodiversity as the number of human-altered landscapes rises worldwide. A lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), one of the threatened mammals that inhabit the &#8216;secondary&#8217; savanna found in the Cerrado&#8217;s Veredas do Peruaçu State Park State Park. Photo courtesy of Guilherme Ferreira. A lot of research has shown that secondary tropical forest – that is, the forest that returns after humans have cleared what had been standing – still provides a viable habitat for many animals, though it’s less robust than primary, or old-growth, forest. But the Cerrado has remained a mystery, despite the fact that it covers between 20 and 25 percent of Brazil and half of it has been converted for agriculture. That’s a larger proportion than the conversion that’s occurred in either the Amazon or the Atlantic Forest, lead author Guilherme Ferreira said. “We didn’t know anything about secondary Cerrado,” said Ferreira, an ecologist with the Zoological Society of London and the Biotropics Institute in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Carnivores, like this puma (Puma concolor), were also caught by the team&#8217;s camera traps. Photo courtesy of Guilherme Ferreira.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/07/big-mammals-flourish-as-cerrado-parks-savanna-comes-back/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Romania announces ban on trophy hunting of bears, wolves and wildcats</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2016/10/romania-announces-ban-on-trophy-hunting-of-bears-wolves-and-wildcats/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Oct 2016 09:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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							<![CDATA[Europe, European Union, and Romania]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Bears, Biodiversity, Carnivores, Cats, Conservation, Environment, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Hunting, Mammals, Trophy Hunting, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[On Tuesday, Romania’s government banned trophy hunting of brown bears, wolves, lynx and wildcats. Following protests by environmental groups, the Ministry of Environment announced that it had cancelled an order that would have allowed trophy hunting of about 1,700 wild animals this year. This decision could give populations of large carnivores a chance to recover, the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[On Tuesday, Romania’s government banned trophy hunting of brown bears, wolves, lynx and wildcats. Following protests by environmental groups, the Ministry of Environment announced that it had cancelled an order that would have allowed trophy hunting of about 1,700 wild animals this year. This decision could give populations of large carnivores a chance to recover, the Guardian reported. All large carnivores are strictly protected in the European Union. But a loophole in the European law allows thousands of Romania’s wild animals &#8212; which are often blamed for damaging crops, property or human life &#8212; to be hunted for sport every year. Consequently, hunting in Romania has grown into a multimillion-euro industry that has “harvested” about 2,374 bears, 1,586 wolves and 898 wild cats between 2007 and 2015. Hunters pay up to 10,000 euro (~$11,000) to claim their prize. Trophy hunting is a multimillion-euro industry in Romania. Photo by arktuell, released under public domain. In September 2016, the country’s Ministry of Environment published a draft order for public debate, proposing the shooting of 552 bears, 657 wolves and 482 wild cats over a 12-month period in the largest-ever hunting quota. The order has now been suspended, local media reported. Despite the ban, conflict animals that damage property or endanger human lives in other ways can still be hunted. But only the ministry-approved Wildlife Emergency Service – SUAS, a newly created state agency, would be allowed to shoot the animals if necessary, the ministry announced. The ministry has also decided to establish a&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2016/10/romania-announces-ban-on-trophy-hunting-of-bears-wolves-and-wildcats/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-190076</doi>				</item>
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					<title>The jackal that turned into a wolf: new species discovered in Africa</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2015/07/morgan-the-jackal-that-turned-into-a-wolf/</link>
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					<pubDate>31 Jul 2015 17:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Morgan Erickson-Davis]]>
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						<![CDATA[Morgan Erickson-Davis]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa]]>
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							<![CDATA[Environment, Species Discovery, and Wolves]]>
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							<![CDATA[There's another wolf in the world, according to results published yesterday.]]>
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							<![CDATA[There&#8217;s another wolf in the world, according to results published yesterday in Current Biology. The discovery of the species, called the African golden wolf (Canis anthus), effectively increases the number of living canid species from 35 to 36. Golden wolves were previously lumped with golden jackals (C. aureus), which are widespread through the northern half of Africa and into parts of Eurasia. But genetic analyses found that populations in Africa are quite distinct from Eurasian golden jackals, and have much more in common with gray wolves (C. lupus) and coyotes (C. latrans). &#8220;This represents the first discovery of a &#8216;new&#8217; canid species in Africa in over 150 years,&#8221; says Klaus-Peter Koepfli of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, DC. Koepfli led the study along with Robert Wayne of the University of California, Los Angeles. A golden jackal (Canis aureus) from Israel. Based on genomic results, the researchers suggest this animal, the Eurasian golden jackal, is distinct from Canis anthus, which they propose be referred to as the African golden wolf. Photo by Eyal Cohen. Despite their genetic differences, golden wolves look like jackals, and even their teeth and skulls are similar. Koepfli and Wayne believe this is why the two species were confused for so long. However, previous studies that looked at relatively small segments of DNA suggested that these African canids might be more related to gray wolves than golden jackals. Indeed, when Koepfli, Wayne, and their colleagues analyzed their entire genomes and compared them to Eurasian golden jackals,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2015/07/morgan-the-jackal-that-turned-into-a-wolf/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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