This was an especially egregious case of poaching, because the animals were killed at a time of the year when they are very vulnerable and concentrated on the winter range. The investigation showed that several more animals were wounded and never recovered.
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Major concerns highlighted in the Wildlife Management Institute study include the difficulty of maintaining wild populations of red wolves in a region now overrun by coyotes, which breed with wolves. The first site, established in 1987, was at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern North Carolina. Federal officials said it was no longer needed to supply the North Carolina refuge. Today, Alligator River has about 100 red wolves.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials remind the public that poaching is a serious offense that can lead to felony charges, significant fines, a prison sentence and the permanent loss of hunting and fishing privileges in Colorado and 43 other Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact states.
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"Eastmans' Trophy Deer Tour is not just about the experience and the awestruck feeling it creates," said Ike Eastman, president, Eastmans'. "It's also about spreading the word of ethical fair chase hunting.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - In a major win for wetlands and waterfowl conservation, the U.S. Senate passed the Duck Stamp Act of 2014 Tuesday. This critically important conservation legislation increases the cost of the federal duck stamp from $15 to $25, and now awaits President Obama's signature. In a major win for wetlands and waterfowl conservation, the U.S. Senate passed the Duck Stamp Act of 2014 today. "With the assistance of Sen. David Vitter and his leadership in helping pass the Duck Stamp Act of 2014, much-needed funding has been secured for wetlands and waterfowl conservation," said Ducks Unlimited CEO Dale Hall. "The additional duck stamp funding provided by waterfowl hunters and other conservationists will not only conserve critical waterfowl habitat,…
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The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC), the multi-agency committee responsible for grizzly bear recovery in the lower continental United States and adjacent Canadian Provinces will be holding their annual winter meeting in Missoula, Montana from December 9, 2014 - December 10, 2014.
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Numbers then fell below 10,000 in 2003, after the elk harvest numbers had been increased. When we take a wolf and add it in, what will happen?" Garton, though, said wolves are a good sign of sustainability and a healthy natural system. If there isn't enough grass lands for elk to feed on, there wouldn't be enough prey for the wolves and other predators to survive.
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"Wolves will get significantly more room to roam," he said. "The Gila has literally millions of acres in it that don't have a single territorial wolf. A lot of that is country with deer, elk -- roadless country. That is the most positive element." At the same time, the proposed rule grants ranchers and property owners broader authorization under some circumstances to "take" a Mexican wolf -- meaning injure or kill. That includes if the wolf is in the act of biting, killing or wounding a domestic animal such as livestock or non-feral dogs. Permits may be issued to take wolves present on non-federal land.
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...wolf behavior." "Over the last 16 years, we have learned much about managing a wild population of Mexican wolves, and it is clear that the current rule does not provide the clarity or the flexibility needed to effectively manage the experimental population in a working landscape," said Sherry Barrett, FWS Mexican wolf recovery coordinator, in a statement. Eva Sargent of Defenders of Wildlife criticized the environmental impact statement, saying "it helps the current population...
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PHOENIX - Genetic tests of scat (feces) collected from a free-roaming canid north of Grand Canyon National Park on the North Kaibab National Forest have confirmed that the animal, first detected in early October, is a female Rocky Mountain gray wolf. The confirmation clarifies that this gray wolf is fully protected under the Endangered Species Act. Since early October, a collared, wolf-like canid was repeatedly observed and photographed on the Kaibab Plateau just north of Grand Canyon National Park. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department, and National Park Service wildlife officials were unsuccessful in detecting a radio signal from an apparently inoperable radio telemetry collar.On November 2, Fish and Wildlife Service biologists collected scat to obtain…
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