From The Denver Post: Colorado ranchers are urging state wildlife officials to define what constitutes a wolf that chronically hunts livestock and to kill or remove a wolf that has killed several cattle in Grand County. A wolf killed or injured seven cattle along the Williams Fork of the Colorado River near Kremmling between April […]
From WNEM5: Wildlife experts have hit a dead end in their quest to determine how a gray wolf arrived in southern Michigan for the first time in more than 100 years. The wolf was killed in January by a hunter who told investigators that he had mistaken it for a coyote. It was a shock: While […]
From WoodTV8: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The latest survey from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources estimates that the state’s wolf population is the highest it has been since the start of its semiannual surveys. The 2024 winter wolf population survey estimates at least 762 wolves across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, up from 631 in 2022 and […]
From The Aspen Times: Another calf was killed by a wolf or wolves in Jackson County. This latest depredation occurred June 9. Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently updated the wolf depredation page on its website to reflect this information. Since the beginning of 2024, CPW has confirmed that 11 cattle have been killed by wolves. These depredations […]
From KTVB: IDAHO, USA — This story originally appeared in The Idaho Press. Snakes. Bears. Fish. Wolves. Whatever they may be, almost every state’s endangered species work is done by an independent state department. But in Idaho, the Idaho Governor’s Office of Species Conservation (OSC) is a subsidiary in Gov. Brad Little’s office — squarely in […]
From ASB Zeitung: Germany has seen an increase in wolf population as per Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Environment Minister, Till Backhaus (SPD). As a result, these wolves no longer require the highest level of protection everywhere. According to Backhaus, “We need to consider regional variations and develop joint solutions for the ‘favourable conservation status’.” Click here for […]
From Bridge Michigan: State wildlife officials have ended their investigation into the January killing of an endangered wolf in southern Michigan and are referring the case for possible criminal charges. In a statement to Bridge Michigan, Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Ed Golder said the agency has turned over investigative materials to the Calhoun County prosecutor. […]
From KLXH Helena: At the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center near the town of Divide, CEO and founder Darlene Kobobel points out her furry permanent residents. “This here is Nanook. That’s Raven,” she says, approaching an enclosure with two gray wolves. Click here for the full story.
From Wyoming Tribune Eagle: JACKSON — For years, Susan Patla tried to find funding to tag harlequin ducks, migratory sea birds that migrate from the West Coast to summer in Jackson Hole, the farthest eastern edge of their range. Patla spent decades working as the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s non-game biologist and studied the […]
From The Wildlife Society: At 11 years old, it’s unusual enough that Yellowstone’s one-eyed wolf known as 907F is still alive. But she recently gave birth to her 10th litter—a feat not previously documented in the park. “Every day, I expect that she might die just because she is so elderly, but I’ve been thinking that […]
