From ChicagoTribune.com:
The two wolves who attacked two women zookeepers Wednesday morning at the Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City likely overreacted because another wolf in their pack had died.
That is the conclusion of Elizabeth Emerick, the Washington Park Zoo’s assistant director, who on Saturday released an update in a video posted on the zoo’s Facebook site.
From WashingtonStateStandard.com:
The state Department of Fish and Wildlife rescinded an order to kill a wolf in northeastern Washington one week after authorizing the plan in response to attacks on livestock.
A calf was killed and two others were injured in mid-May in the Aladdin Valley area of Stevens County. Three wolf packs inhabit the area. State wildlife managers have not determined which wolf or wolves were responsible for the attacks.
FromPlumasSun.org:
The Office of Assemblymember Heather Hadwick reports that her team joined ranchers, researchers, conservation leaders, law enforcement, and state and federal officials for the Sierra Valley Wolf, Wildlife, and Landscape Management Tour at the end of May.
From AZMirror.com:
A bill that would disallow the state from transporting Mexican Gray Wolf pups into Arizona or spending any public money or resources on them will be heading to the governor’s desk after one Republican declared that 50 years of efforts to save the species from extinction are really part of a larger conspiracy to create a “global government.”
From LeadvilleHerald.com:
On May 7, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) issued its Gray Wolf Annual Report for biological year 2025-2026 from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, and provided an update on the gray wolf restoration program to the Parks and Wildlife Commission.
From WGLT.org:
Miller Park Zoo is expanding the population of the critically endangered red wolf species following the birth of four red wolf pups on May 12. Red wolves are the most endangered wolf species and have been battling extinction since 1967.
From WyoFile.com:
Wyoming wolves are stout compared to some other Lower 48 subpopulations, and the reason why they tend to run hefty is complicated.
In May, biologist Ken Mills published an annual report of Wyoming wolves that included an analysis of their weights in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
From AZA.org:
Over the past year, the SAFE Mexican Wolf program has worked to expand its reach to support successful Mexican wolf recovery. Established in 2023, the bi-national recovery program has worked with communities in both the United States and Mexico to support the species and, to date, has been instrumental in its reintroduction.
From SmithsonianMag.com:
One day in the early 20th century, in eastern Arizona, a forester—“full of trigger itch,” as he later wrote—leaned over a rimrock ledge, readied his rifle, and shot a wolf. This was hardly unusual: Wolves and other carnivores were mammalia non grata, persecuted for their perceived crimes against livestock and deer.
“In those days, we had never heard of passing up a chance to kill a wolf,” the forester, Aldo Leopold, would recall decades later. More surprising was what followed: remorse.
From Futura-Sciences.com:
In the past, higher temperatures appear to have pushed wolves toward harder foods. That finding could point to major changes ahead for ecosystems where wolves play a dominant role. As temperatures rise around the world, wolf diets may already be changing.
The International Wolf Center uses science-based education to teach and inspire the world about wolves, their ecology, and the wolf-human relationship.