Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) officers are issuing safety advice while they continue to look for a cougar reported in several west Olympia locations over the past few weeks. Link to this post!
cougar sightings in OlympiaMonthly Archives: July 2008
BILLINGS, Mont. (July 19) – A federal judge has restored endangered species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula granted … More about %posttitle%
Wolves receive temporary stay of executuonA California lab recently developed DNA-sequencing techniques to genetically distinguish gray wolves (Canis lupus) from wolf-dog hybrids or domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris). The genetic make-up of wolves and dogs is so similar that previous tests were unable to distinguish … More about %posttitle%
New genetic test can distinquish wolves from wolf hybrids and dogsBased on results of a howling survey on July 8, 2008, in response to reported wolf sightings in Okanogan County, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department think they have verified the presence of a breeding pack of wolves. Link to … More about %posttitle%
Breeding pack of wolves may be in western Okanogan County, WA for first time since 1930s