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39 ArticlesCard, Cake and Prosecco!
We would like to thank WWUK member Anita Greenfield for hosting a card, cake and prosecco evening and donating the proceeds to our wolves. Over the last few years Anita has been a valued member and advocate of Wolf Watch and in recognition we would like to honour her contribution by making her a lifetime […]
30 October 2018Madadh 16.4.99 – 30.10.17
MADADH “So dawn goes down today, nothing gold can stay” Luke Smith, one of our long term volunteers, quoted this from a beautiful poem by Robert Frost. It speaks volumes about the cycles of nature, but also reflects on loss and that nothing, especially the best, can last forever. It’s hugely appropriate in describing the […]
1 November 2017The Guardian Article
https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2014/mar/03/how-wolves-change-rivers Wolves are crucial for maintaining a healthy ecosystem — a fact that was conveniently forgotten when they were exterminated from almost all of the continental United States by ranchers, farmers, trappers and hunters. Meanwhile, the populations of other animals exploded. The entire ecosystem of the American wilderness was changed by rapidly expanding populations of […]
26 June 2017Kgosi – 16/4/99 to 23/5/17
Dear Members and Friends, I have the saddest news, but also in a way I am trying to feel positive about it. Yesterday afternoon. we lost Kgosi. He appeared to have been drinking from the shallow part of the stream when he collapsed and died. A stroke in 2015 had left Kgosi both blind and deaf. […]
24 May 2017Photographing the Wild Wolves of Yellowstone | National Geographic
A interesting piece by National Geographic and photographer Ronan Donovan. Hear him describe the challenge of photographing one of Yellowstone National Park’s most elusive and iconic species: wolves! http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/26/capturing-the-wildness-of-wolves-in-yellowstone/
1 October 2016The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone national park
Wolves are ecosystem engineers that play an important role in the habitats they live in by improving the environment and helping to increase biodiversity. Join us as Wolf Watch UK takes you on a journey through George Monbiot’s TED talk about how the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone national park had a balancing effect on […]
8 August 2016