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European Union Lowers Protection for Surging Wolf Populations Due to Danger to Farmers and Livestock

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Surging wolf populations have become a real danger to rural areas in Europe.

While some scientists have decided that it’s a ‘great idea’ to bring back from extinction the big dire wolves of olden days, in the real life, the lupine packs present a real danger and a dividing issue in Europe.

The EU Parliament approved yesterday (8) plans to downgrade the protection status of wolves, because of their growing numbers and the increasing threat they pose to livestock.

Reuters reported:

“The changes – which European Union member states already approved last month – will lower wolves’ status in EU law to ‘protected’ from ‘strictly protected’, reflecting a change under the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.

In practice, it will mean EU countries can allow wolf hunting, but they must still take steps to stop the animals becoming endangered, such as by limiting hunting seasons.”

Watch: In the Italian Abruzzo region, a group of three hungry wolves attack a lone dog (he escaped).

The Bern Convention has protected wolves since the late 70’s, and they could only be hunted or captured if they posed a serious (and immediate) threat to livestock or humans.

“’Farmers can now breathe a sigh of relief’, said lawmaker Herbert Dorfmann of the center-right European People’s Party. ‘It’s time to adapt to today’s reality. This means balancing our conservation efforts with protecting farmers’, he said.

Campaigners and some EU lawmakers have accused European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, whose own pony was killed by a wolf in 2022, of having a personal motivation for targeting wolves.”

Tough days ahead for surging European wolves.

Associated Press reported:

“Nearly two-thirds of the European Parliament meeting in Strasbourg, France voted to change wolves’ status from ‘strictly protected’ to ’protected’ in a vote of 371 to 162, with 37 abstentions.

[…] Tuesday’s vote was the final real hurdle before the measure becomes EU law. The change to the central Habitats Directive law will now likely be passed swiftly by the European Council and enter into force across the 27 member states.”

Watch: dog stands its ground against 6 charging wolves.

Populist and right-wing parties have long panned the protections as ideas by urban elites with little knowledge of rural life.

Farmers have suffered with attacks on livestock by surging packs of wolves roaming territories close to agricultural land.

“Experts and environmental groups estimate there could be up to 19,000 wolves across Europe, with large populations thought to roam in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania and Spain. After nearly being wiped out in the 20th century, their numbers are estimated to have grown by at least 25% over the last decade.”

Read more:

Scientists Achieve World’s First Animal ‘De-Extinction’ — Resurrect Dire Wolf Species Lost for 12,500 Years and Popularized on ‘Game of Thrones’

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DEVELOPING: FAA Issues Nationwide Ground Stop for United Airlines Flights at Several Airports Due to ‘Technology Issue’

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The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday issued a nationwide ground stop for United Airlines flights at several airports due to a ‘technology issue.’

“The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it issued a ground stop for United Airlines (UAL.O), flights at several U.S. airports while the company itself said its teams were working to resolve a tech outage as soon as possible,” Reuters reported.

‘Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports. We expect additional flight delays this evening as we work through this issue. Safety is our top priority, and we’ll work with our customers to get them to their destinations,’ United Airlines said in a statement to The Daily Mail.

CBS News reported:

There is a ground stop for United Airlines flights at Chicago O’Hare Airport Wednesday evening.

United said in a statement that a “technology issue” is causing them to hold departures.

“We expect additional flight delays this evening as we work through this issue. Safety is our top priority, and we’ll work with our customers to get them to their destinations,” the statement continued.

The technical issues are also impacting airports in Denver, Houston, San Francisco and Newark.

Video taken by a passenger at O’Hare shows a line of United planes stopped on the tarmac that have recently landed, waiting because no gates are available.

DEVELOPING…

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“I Defied My Government For Love” – State Department Official Dated Senior CCP Leader’s Daughter, Admits “She Could Have Been a Spy” – But Didn’t Report Her (VIDEO)

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The O’Keefe Media Group on Wednesday released undercover video of Daniel Choi, a US State Department Foreign Service Officer who admitted he dated a senior CCP leader’s daughter and refused to report her.

“I defied my government for love,” Daniel Choi said of his romantic relationship with 27-year-old Joi Zao.

Joi Zao entered the US on a work visa in September 2024.

“Her dad was either a provincial or a federal minister of education. So he’s, like, straight up Communist Party,” Choi said.

“Under federal regulations, Foreign Service Officers are required to report close and continuing contact with foreign nationals from adversarial nations, including China,” the O’Keefe Media Group reported.

Choi admitted he didn’t report her: “I was supposed to, whatever, sort of report what I knew about her, but I always thought that was kind of unfair.”

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The State Department responded to the O’Keefe Media Group’s undercover video exposing Choi.

“The incident is under investigation. The Department has zero tolerance for individuals who jeopardize national security by putting their personal interests ahead of our great nation,” the State Department said in a statement.

Later Wednesday, Daniel Choi deleted his LinkedIn profile after OMG’s undercover video exposing his relationship with the a CCP leader’s daughter.

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U.S. Closes its Embassy in Haiti Amid Escalating Violence: The Armed Gangs Crisis and Trump’s Policy to Confront It

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This is a Gateway Hispanic article.

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