From the Montana Free Press: A handful of environmental groups are seeking the emergency re-listing of Northern Rockies gray wolves after lawmakers in Montana and Idaho passed several new laws aimed at aggressively reducing their numbers. In a petition filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society […]
From Colorado Public Radio: A pair of Colorado wolves may not be a set of bachelors after all. On Thursday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced it had mischaracterized two wolves first seen in northern Colorado earlier this year. State biologists previously believed the animals were male “hunting partners” that had wandered in from Wyoming. Click […]
From The American Independent: Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republicans-backed laws in Idaho and Montana made it much easier to kill the predators. The Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society and Sierra Club filed a legal petition asking Interior Secretary […]
From WBAY.com: MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Policy Board has started the process of revising the state’s wolf hunt rules. Board members are considering whether to ban hunting at night, and also shorten the window for registering kills. Click here for the full story.
From The Seattle Times: THEY WALKED IN on their own: the first wolves in more than 100 years known to call Washington state home, after this native species was nearly wiped out by hunting, trapping and government extermination campaigns. Today, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife kills wolves only when they have repeatedly killed […]
From the Seattle Times: Wolves are the most widely distributed of all land mammals and one of the most adaptable. In 2008, Washington confirms the first breeding pair since the 1930s, the Lookout Pack, on the east slope of the North Cascades in Okanogan County. Click here for the full story.
From SFGate.com: Joy has turned to apprehension for researchers tracking a young wolf in California. OR-93 has been on a remarkable, historic journey. The wolf, who was born into Oregon’s White River pack, crossed the border into California in February. He headed south with a bullet: His GPS collar soon pinged near Yosemite, the first time […]
From Wyoming Public Media: State legislatures in Montana and Idaho have recently passed policies that increase the number of wolves that can be harvested, and methods to harvest. Both Montana and Idaho wolf populations are much higher than Wyoming’s. Currently, the state population is just above the minimum population requirement set by the federal government, when the wolves were […]
From IllinoisNewsToday.com: Scientists have found that wolves, which are well-distanced from humans, tend to avoid nasty viruses. In a study of more than 2,000 gray wolves from the suburbs of Mexico to northern Canada, researchers found that the farther the wolf was from humans, the fewer viruses and parasites it encountered. Click here for the […]
