Washington Fish & Wildlife OKs killing of wolf after 3 cattle attacks

From CamasPostRecord.com:

Washington will permit the killing of a single gray wolf in the state’s northeastern corner following three suspected attacks on livestock.

The incidents took place in the Aladdin Valley, a forested rural area northeast of Colville in Stevens County. On Sunday, May 17, authorities investigated one calf that was killed and another that was injured. The next day, they examined another injured calf. The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife said the injuries were consistent with a wolf attack.

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Escalating Anti-Wolf Policies Threaten Wildlife Recovery Across the American West, Warns Living with Wolves Org.

From Yahoo.com:

KETCHUM, Idaho, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Conservation advocates warn that expanding anti-wolf legislation and wildlife policy rollbacks across the American West could undermine decades of Gray Wolf recovery and broader ecosystem conservation efforts.

Recent actions in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming have expanded wolf hunting and trapping while proposed federal changes could weaken protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Advocates say these combined actions threaten long-term wildlife recovery throughout the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest.

Legislation would give Upper Peninsula its own wildlife rulemaking body

From MNLive.com:

LANSING, MI — A Republican proposal to give the Upper Peninsula its own wildlife rulemaking body ran into opposition from Michigan officials and tribal interests, who say the plan could splinter state hunting and fishing policy and open a new path to hunting wolves.

The package, House Bills 4783 to 4786, would create a new U.P. Natural Resources Commission with authority over game and sport-fishing rules that affect only the U.P. or have no significant impact outside it.

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Latest wolf activity map shows wolves traveling throughout Gunnison County [Colorado]

From GunnisonTimes.com:

The most recent Collard Gray Wolf Activity Map from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) shows gray wolves are traveling through most of Gunnison County. The recently published May map documents activity from April 21 through May 26, highlighting collared wolves presence by watershed.

Along with issuing the most up to date map, CPW biologists continue to monitor wolves for the formation of new packs along with indications of successful reproduction following the denning season.

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Colorado’s Wolf Reintroduction Hasn’t Gone to Plan. Are These Cowboys Its Last Hope?

From OutsideOnline.com:

It was midnight when Jesse Lasater and Max Morton heard the wolf howling behind them. It was a lonely sound, deep and mournful, and it carried through the pines. The men whirled, and Morton touched his shotgun. For a moment, they stood there in the heavy silence, listening.

This wolf was one of at least two that had been slowly closing in on a local rancher’s herd of cattle over the past few days. Now, only 100 yards separated predator from prey.

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Wolf attack leaves 2 zookeepers hurt, with firefighters having to rescue worker

From NBCChicago.com:

An investigation is underway after two zookeepers were injured in an attack by wolves inside an enclosure on Wednesday morning.

The attack required firefighters to rescue one of the zookeepers, who were attending to a wolf who had died overnight when the incident occurred.

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Mate of Mexican gray wolf Asha dies, according to report

From ABQJournal.com:

Asha, a Mexican gray wolf who has captured the hearts of New Mexico residents, has lost the mate who fathered her first litter of pups last year.

A quarterly report from the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program states that M1966, otherwise known as Arcadia, was discovered dead in March after mating with Asha last year in captivity. The report didn’t indicate the location or cause of Arcadia’s death.

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Social media post claims 15 New Mexican wolves were recently released into Colorado – but is that true?

From DenverGazette.com:

A post that getting a little bit of attention online claims that Colorado has recently released another 15 wolves from New Mexico as part of its wolf reintroduction program. A few key factors point to that not being the case.

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Why a Colorado ranch hand shot and killed a mother wolf

From Coloradoan.com:

A Colorado ranch hand working the busy calving season took matters into his own hands when wolves moved in on cows and their calves, firing two warning shots before a third shot killed the wolf, according to the ranch owner.

Susan Nottingham, who owns the sprawling Nottingham Ranch in Eagle and Routt counties in western Colorado, told the Coloradoan in an interview June 1 the shooting occurred March 10 on the ranch’s calving grounds.

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How Wyoming won the wolf war: The state’s 30-year campaign to remove the predators from the range

From CodyEnterprise.com:

Long before wolves became symbols of wilderness preservation and Yellowstone tourism, they were viewed across Wyoming as enemies to the state predators blamed for killing livestock, thinning game herds and threatening the fragile economy that sustained ranch families across the West.

More than a century ago, private bounty clubs, ranchers and government agents all took part in a long campaign to reduce, and eventually eliminate, wolves from the Wyoming landscape. For decades, they were hunted, trapped and poisoned for cash rewards.

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