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Nonilex

A killed in a January hunt in 's southern Lower Peninsula; investigating how it got there.

The *harvest* was potentially the 1st time a gray wolf has been identified in the Lower Peninsula since the species was wiped out [driven to ] from the state in the early 20th century, MI Dept of said.


detroitnews.com/story/news/loc

The Detroit News · Gray wolf killed in southern Michigan; DNR investigating how it got thereBy , The Detroit News
Apr 03, 2024, 09:06 PM·Public·Mastodon for iOS
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Nonilex

"It's possible it naturally got there, but it's also obviously possible it had some help getting there," said Brian Roell, a large carnivore specialist for the . "Those are things we want to understand better. We want to know when it was actually harvested, where it was harvested…."

in are a federally , meaning they can be killed only if a direct & immediate threat to human life.

#GrayWolf#law#Federal
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Nonilex

The who *harvested* the reported harvesting "a large animal," the said in a Tues press release. Genetic tests confirmed the animal was a .

The hunter was participating in a legal & was accompanied by a guide. He said he believed the animal to be a large . The wolf weighed 84 lbs [that’d be a huge coyote], while Eastern coyotes typically weigh 25-40 lbs, the DNR said.

#law#Federal#EndangeredSpecies
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FinchHaven sfba

@Nonilex

"harvested"

So does he eat the meat of the animals he "harvests"?

Or does he mean "kill"?

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Nazani

@Nonilex
It walked there? With all the forest fires, radical redistribution of wildlife seems likely. Everyone says "no wolves in Ohio," but there are a few in NY. Indiana DNR is slightly cagey about the presence of wolves.
- Also, it's not a "harvest" unless you eat it.

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hannahshouse2 🇺🇸 California

@Nonilex
This makes me very sad. I celebrated when they reintroduced wolves to yellowstone.

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feld
@Nonilex wonder if they came over from WI, could have crossed over up in the UP I guess?
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feld
@Nonilex Reminds me though that black bears haven't been seen in southern WI since ~ the early 20th century as well, and I had a teacher who in the 90s was called out to a neighboring farmer's field to assist with a combine that sunk into a hole which turned out to be a bear den. Farmer reported seeing something run towards the woods when it happened. My teacher had sent off fur samples to the university and they confirmed it was a black bear.

How did it get there without anyone seeing it? The woods are not dense; it's mostly farmland. Incredible, really.
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greywolf

@Nonilex these all-too-often news stories sadden me greatly. it is crimnal that such a beautiful animal was unnecessarily killed.

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