From Yahoo News: PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is showing concern over the number of confirmed poaching incidents and suspicious deaths of gray wolves in the state within the last year. A new report released Thursday from the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management shows the state’s wolf population did not grow at […]
From News Nation: CALHOUN COUNTY, Mich. (WJW) – Michigan wildlife officials are investigating the killing of a rare gray wolf. According to a press release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, a hunter reported that he killed a large coyote. Coyotes typically weigh up to 40 pounds. This creature was 84 pounds. Genetic tests by […]
From KTVZ: PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The minimum known count of wolves in Oregon at the end of 2023 was 178 wolves, according to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management annual report released Friday. That’s the same number documented in 2022 and does not include 10 wolves translocated to Colorado in 2023 to help establish a wolf […]
From Buckrail: JACKSON, Wyo. — Despite all the challenges that Wolf 1228F has faced in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), she’s the first alpha female in nearly 20 years to successfully establish a new pack with just a mate. Kira Cassidy, research associate with the Yellowstone Wolf Project, tells Buckrail that every other new wolf pack in the […]
From The Wildlife Society: A wolf in Colorado has killed a calf, marking the first livestock kill after the predators were reintroduced to the state in December. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials confirmed the kill after examining the wolves and nearby tracks. “The field investigation found multiple tooth rake marks on the calf’s hindquarters and […]
From Outdoor Life: America’s heated conversation over wolf management has turned into a screaming match in recent weeks. Death threats from wildlife activists poured into Wyoming last week after news broke that a resident captured a live wolf in February and paraded it around a bar before dispatching it. In Colorado, pissed-off landowners are withdrawing their cooperation with Parks and Wildlife […]
From Montrose Daily Press: Just days after Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed a wolf killed a calf in Grand County, the agency confirmed a second wolf-kill in Jackson County, where a field investigation confirmed a calf found dead had injuries consistent with wolf predation. Partial wolf tracks also were found in the area, where CPW […]
From KUST: Wolves don’t just fascinate or intrigue Nathan Varley. They’re his livelihood. Varley and his wife, Linda Thurston, run a wolf-watching business called Yellowstone Wolf Tracker. For 17 years, they’ve helped hundreds of tourists glimpse and photograph the national park’s famous wolf packs. Customers also see bison, grizzly bears, and other wildlife, but it’s the wolves […]
From California Department of Fish and Wildlife: As of April 11, 2024, CDFW has updated the CDFW Wolf Livestock Compensation Grants webpage with the following information to reflect the current status of the pilot program. Click here for the full story.
From Outdoor News: An animal a Michigan hunter thought was a big coyote when he shot it in January has been determined to be a gray wolf, the first time the species has been found in southern Michigan in more than a century, wildlife officials say. The hunter shot the wolf in Calhoun County, in […]
