Entries by Chad Richardson

Wolves force California ranchers into deadly compromises

From SFGate.com in California: It’s night in the rugged hills of northeastern California. A herd of cows, many with young calves at their sides, begin shifting nervously. The October winds have brought news of danger nearby: A lone gray wolf, eyes glowing yellow in the moonlight. Known as OR-103, the young male has gone days, perhaps […]

For Wolves, the Culture War Is Extremely Deadly

From Rolling Stone: In February 2021, a black wolf wandered across the border of Yellowstone National Park in Montana. Called 1155, he wore a radio collar that park biologists fit him with three years before. When he left the safety of the park, 1155 was what biologists call a “dispersed male,” leaving his pack to travel alone in […]

Michigan DNR reacts to wolf attack on training dog in Marquette County

From NBC TV6 in Michigan: MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – The Department of Natural Resources is responding to a wolf attack on a dog earlier this week. The DNR says a man was training his hunting dogs near the Forestville Trailhead Tuesday when it occurred. His dog was baying at a rabbit when a wolf approached […]

Wolves as endangered as tigers in India; only 3,100 left

From The Times of India: DEHRADUN: The first scientific population estimate of Indian peninsular wolves (canis lupus pallipes), known to be more to be more than a million years older than all other wolf species in the world, has revealed that only 3,100 members of the species are left in the country. This makes them […]

Spain: Cantabria government authorizes wolf cull

From Spanish News Today: The shooting of 34 wolves is permitted in Cantabria after attacks cause the loss of over 1,000 head of livestock The regional government of Cantabria in the north of Spain has passed a resolution to allow the culling by hunters of 34 wolves in the mountains in the north-west of the […]

For Utah, the war on wolf protections seems to never end

From The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah is again lawyering up to fight federal protection of wolves, which are not currently known to inhabit the Beehive State. On Monday, state officials filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by environmental groups that are trying to reverse a decision by the Donald Trump administration delisting […]