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Bill to suspend wolf hunt

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Some groups and individuals have protested the hunt and filed lawsuits trying to prevent it. Chris Eaton, DFL-Brooklyn Center. "The wolf data bill is an alternative proposal that addresses common-sense concerns with Minnesota's wolf population and wolf hunt," Dr.
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State confirms 4 new wolf packs

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...new pack, the Wenatchee Pack, appears to be made up of two female wolves from the Teanaway Pack, whose territory stretches between Ellensburg and Wenatchee. Under the state's Wolf management plan, a wolf pack is defined as two or more wolves traveling together. Despite their growing numbers, wolves were involved in fewer conflicts with humans and livestock in 2013 than in the previous year, Martorello said. Stephanie Simek, WDFW's wolf conflict-resolution manager, said...
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BRIEF: Tribe gets grant to study wolves

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...grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will help the Colville Confederated Tribes' wildlife department continue to study gray wolves and develop a plan to manage them on the reservation. The tribes' fish and wildlife department is now conducing howling surveys, using remote cameras, trapping and collaring wolves and using DNA sampling to track their movements and identify home ranges, a news release from the tribe said. This winter, biologists used helicopters to locate...
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IDFG kills 23 wolves in Lolo Zone

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The department wants to reduce the wolf population there by 70 to 80 percent. A predation management plan for the area calls for wolf control actions to be initiated when sport hunting and trapping isn't sufficient to reach the goal. The Idaho Legislature is debating a bill that would use $2 million to start a wolf control fund endorsed by Gov.
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A Mexican gray wolf will be captured alive from the Gila National Forest

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Following the removal of an individual, we monitor the pack and continue non-removal tools in an effort to prevent additional depredations. They were successfully poisoned, trapped, clubbed and shot until they were almost completely annihilated by the mid-1900s according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' website. There are only 83 reported Mexican gray wolves in the wild, according to a recent survey conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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