From Club de Caza:
Europe’s debate over coexistence with the wolf is no longer focused only on population estimates, legal status or management quotas.
At the latest plenary meeting of the EU Platform on Coexistence between People and Large Carnivores, held in Brussels on June 5, a very practical tool came into focus: protective vests for hunting dogs.
From Nisqually Valley News:
The brothers, Nicky and Cerberus, are being introduced into the Tenino sanctuary as companions for Billie, a gray wolf, and Ellie, a wolfdog. Billie lost her companion Guy to old age in June 2025, and Ellie lost her companion Penn early this year.
Because wolves are deeply social animals, sanctuary staff were keen to find new partners for Billie and Ellie.
From Techno-Science:
Historically present in southeastern Europe, the golden jackal was observed in France for the first time in 2017.
An international study, coordinated by a scientist from INRAE, shows that the presence of this canid is expanding across the European continent partly thanks to human activities, which allow it to escape a dominant predator and competitor, the wolf.
From Phys.Org:
Wolves use their urine to communicate with each other. A recent study looked at the reactions of a pack to the marking of an intruder. This is a first step toward understanding what attracts or repels canids.
From Jackson Hole News & Guide:
Over 30 years ago, federal wildlife managers reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone National Park — and the canines began dining on elk, culling the population, leaving less wapiti to browse on aspens, willows and cottonwoods.
In the years since, observers of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have likely heard some version of a commonly held belief: Wolf reintroduction reduced over browsing and helped those trees rebound. Scientists call that process a “trophic cascade,” jargon for a ripple effect down the food chain.
But, since the early 2000s, researchers studying forestry in Yellowstone have disagreed about and debated the magnitude of that effect, and whether reintroduction has, in fact, helped aspens rebound to the extent the public believes.
From Yahoo News:
Lifelong trapper Wesley Burris makes a bold claim: His father trapped and killed the last remaining lobo in New Mexico in the 1930s, around the time the subspecies was wiped out in the state.
Burris said his family has been ranching around the San Mateo Mountains since the early 19th century, with as many as 3,000 head of cattle at one time.
“They had lots of trouble with wolves and mountain lions and bears,” Burris said. “That’s where my people was raised. … Back then there was no fences, there was no nothing. It was wide open country.”
From Outdoor Life:
A group that opposes Colorado’s wolf reintroduction efforts is now arguing that Proposition 114, the ballot initiative that established the state’s wolf reintroduction program, didn’t actually pass among voters in 2020.
The group, Colorado Conservation Alliance, is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — which is already reviewing the reintroduction program — to reconsider the implementation agreement it has with Colorado Parks and Wildlife while these claims are reviewed.
From The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation:
Wolf urine could be used as a scent barrier to protect livestock from attack, according to Swiss researchers. Urine gives wolves important information about potential intruders. Alpha wolves with pups are particularly alert to this, as a study by the University of Neuchâtel shows.
From Urban Milwaukee:
Wisconsin’s wolf population fell slightly this year, according to estimates from the Department of Natural Resources.
The department has been monitoring the number of wolves in the state since the 1970s by surveying snow-covered roads for tracks and other signs.
From Sky-Hi News:
Collbran resident Christina Vander Berg had a 25-year career investigating fires and built a life as a Western Slope cattle producer and rodeo judge.
Over the past two years, she’s stepped into a new role that draws on her passions and experience: serving as a range rider amid Colorado’s controversial wolf reintroduction.
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