From The Aspen Times: Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has updated its rules to allow ranchers to kill wolves that are actively attacking “working dogs.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service late last year finalized a document, known as the 10(j) rule, that outlined when wolves could be killed in Colorado and paved the way for the species to […]
From Colorado Politics: CHEYENNE — Six conservation groups have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent federal government decision not to protect wolves in the northern U.S. Rocky Mountain region under the Endangered Species Act, arguing that states are exercising too much leeway to keep the predators’ numbers to a minimum. The groups sued the U.S. […]
From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: A female Mexican wolf was captured north of Interstate 40 on U.S. Forest Service lands near Flagstaff, Arizona, last week. The wolf (F2979) was collared and released back into the wild in support of efforts to locate and capture an additional wolf known to be in the area. The […]
From Vail Daily: The Colorado Corridors Project in June captured its first photo of a wolf on Vail Pass. The photo features the wolf staring directly into the camera and was taken by a remote-triggered camera on the north side of East Vail pass The photo tracks with information provided in Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s June activity map detailing […]
From ABC News: European governments appear to be fighting against conservation protections for grey wolves after populations began to rebound from the brink of extinction in the 20th century. Grey wolves became a “strictly protected” species under 1979’s Bern Convention, by which time they were already extinct in France. Click here for the full […]
From The Aspen Times: Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has confirmed two more wolf attacks on livestock in Routt County this month. The fatal depredations involved the killing of a calf July 7 and another calf killing on July 10, according to CPW employees who completed a necropsy report confirming the incidents. Click here […]
From: France 24: Grey wolves were virtually exterminated in Europe a century ago but now, thanks to conservation efforts, numbers have rebounded. The predator’s population growth has triggered howls of protest from farmers and concern from conservationists. In 2023, there were breeding packs of grey wolves in 23 countries of the European Union, with a […]
From Statesman Examiner: The following report was presented by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) during the monthly wolf report, and provides an overview of gray wolf conservation and management activities in Washington during June 2024. Click here for the full story.
From Axios Seattle: Gray wolves are making a recovery in Washington, according to the state Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), and a vote slated for Friday could see members of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission downlisting wolves from an “endangered” to a “sensitive” species. Click here for the full story.
From Capital Press: The Couse wolf pack in southeast Washington has attacked two calves and one cow and probably attacked another cow, pushing the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to consider killing one or two wolves. An adult male in the pack in Asotin County was killed July 8 while reportedly chasing livestock. The […]
