{"id":962,"date":"2024-11-06T23:03:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T00:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dimensionfx.net\/?p=962"},"modified":"2024-11-07T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T08:11:10","slug":"conservation-coexistence-managing-wolves-in-yellowstone-switzerland-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dimensionfx.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/conservation-coexistence-managing-wolves-in-yellowstone-switzerland-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation & Coexistence: Managing Wolves in Yellowstone, Switzerland & Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1994, a lone wolf crossed the border from Italy into Switzerland. Within a year, there were two, then pups and sporadic sightings.<\/p>\n

By 2012, Switzerland had its first stable wolf pack in well over 100 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pack\u2019s dominant female, known as F07, was first spotted by a camera trap in the canton of Grisons in southeaster Switzerland (where Davos, Klosters, and St. Moritz are) in 2011, when she was a year or two old.<\/p>\n

For nine years F07 lived with the same mate, M30, on the Calanda Massif above the city of Chur\u2014one of the longest continuously inhabited (by humans) places in Europe. They had 46 pups together in 8 litters.<\/p>\n

Their pack was called Calanda, and their offspring have spread throughout the Alps and paired with wolves from Italy and France.<\/p>\n

The Calanda pack has disbanded, but led to many more. By mid- 2023, Switzerland was home to at least 200 wolves in about 25 packs roaming primarily in Alpine environments.<\/p>\n

By 2025, Switzerland is projected to have approximately 300 wolves in 40 packs.<\/p>\n

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Reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone, Montana<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Wolves returned to Yellowstone around the same time as Switzerland, but quite differently. On January 12, 1995 a horse trailer carrying Canadian wolves passed through the gate into Yellowstone National Park\u2019s northwest entrance. Wolves had been absent from the park for nearly 70 years.<\/p>\n

From 1995 to 1997, 41 wolves from Canada and northwest Montana were released in Yellowstone and dispersed to establish territories outside the park.<\/p>\n

As of January 2024, at least 124 wolves roamed Yellowstone National Park in ten packs. Wolves in Yellowstone sit at the core of a larger population\u2014approximately 500 wolves\u2014throughout the much larger 34,375 square mile Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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Gray wolf pack, Yellowstone National Park<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shared Grey Wolf Controversy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are similarities and differences as wolves return to Switzerland and Yellowstone. One thing is nearly identical: it\u2019s controversial.<\/p>\n

Set in Gardiner, Montana just outside Yellowstone National Park, Nat Hab Film\u2019s Big Bad Wolf<\/a> shares conservation challenges and local perspective on the reintroduction of wolves. One resident said, \u201cI\u2019ve yet to find anyone who\u2019s totally neutral about wolves; I think everyone has a strong opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

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