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An in-depth look at new research
Top predators such as wolves, lions, and jaguars play very important roles in the ecology. From control of mesopredators like coyotes and hyenas to control of ungulate populations and how they use the land.
Why top predators matter: an in-depth look at new research
Jeremy Hance
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Mountain lions, coyotes, badgers, skunks and ravens will all be targeted in an effort to improve deer and sage grouse survival using $866,000 from the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Heritage fund.
Rather than tackle the main issues related to sage grouse declines, livestock grazing, sagebrush killing projects, and energy developments, groups in Nevada are going [...]
Continue Reading →Wildlife Services, the agency that does the killing
“The USDA’s own statistics show that most livestock losses come from weather, disease, illness, and birthing problems, not predation.”
Wildlife Services: The Most Important Wildlife Agency You’ve Never Heard Of
Andrew Wetzler NRDC Switchboard
Could predation slow the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease?
A study conducted in Colorado, where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has become widespread among deer and elk, indicates that mountain lions prey selectively on infected individuals over healthy deer. I think that healthy populations of large carnivores like wolves and mountain lions could help slow the [...]
Continue Reading →‘Leopard Behind You!’ By Olivia Judson. “The Wild Side” in the New York Times.
Continue Reading →There are going to be predators. Do you want a few big ones, or lots of smaller ones?
Loss of top predators causing surge in smaller predators, ecosystem collapse. Oregon State University news lease on research by Dr. William Ripple.
My comments . . .
Although in a few places such as Idaho and [...]
Continue Reading →Bears and canids overlap the most-
American Carnivores Evolved To Avoid Each Other, New Study Suggests. ScienceDaily
Continue Reading →Bill McKibben reviews “Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators” by William Stolzenburg for the Boston Globe.
Continue Reading →Felice Pace argues that fear of predators in the rural West is real due to constant propaganda. Wolf Tales. Goat, a High Country News blog.
I think Pace is right. Based on my long experience in Idaho, while there are those who stand out in any community, faint-heartedness seems to be the norm in [...]
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