From DowntoEarth.org:
In the remote high-altitude stretches of the Kashmir Himalayas, where silence speaks louder than sound and snow muffles every movement, the Himalayan wolf moves unseen, misunderstood, and increasingly endangered.
Once spread across the wild ridgelines and meadows of this landscape, the wolf, a vital apex predator, has now become a vanishing shadow.
From KFIAM640.iheart.com:
Following the controversial euthanization of a mama bear named ‘Blondie’ by residents in Monrovia, lawmakers are considering Senate Bill 1135, which mandates nonlethal solutions for human-wildlife conflicts.
From NewsTalkKit.com:
According to a report released Friday by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the state’s minimum wolf count rose more than 17% in 2025, rebounding from a slight dip the year before.
Biologists counted 270 wolves statewide at the end of December, including 23 breeding pairs and 49 packs. That’s up from 230 wolves and 43 packs in 2024.
From ElkhornMediaGroup.com:
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that the minimum number of known wolves at the end of 2025 was 230. There were 204 in 2024. There were 30 packs documented with 23 meeting the criteria of breeding pairs, up from 17 in the year prior.
From OregonLive.com:
Oregon’s gray wolf population is continuing to grow and expand west, state wildlife officials said. The state wolf population grew from 204 to 230 animals in 2025, amounting to a 13% increase, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in its annual wolf report Friday.
From ECOticias.com:
A lone wolf just did something that sounds like it belongs in a wildlife documentary, not a densely populated European country.
From GBNews.com:
An entire pack of wolves have been poisoned in an Italian national park which has caused an urgent investigation.
Ten wolves were found dead in the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise, which straddles the three regions in central Italy.
From Fox9.com:
A new study reveals humans are responsible for 65% of wolf deaths in the Upper Midwest, with illegal killings accounting for the majority of those deaths. Illegal wolf killings peak in mid-November during deer hunting season.
Federal protections intended to protect wolves have not successfully deterred poachers or reduced illegal kill rates, the study shows.
From PsychologyToday.com:
Extremely few people have had a life like that of award-winning wolf expert Rick McIntyre, author of the “Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone” series for adults and “The Chronicles of the Yellowstone Wolves” series for kids with co-author David A. Poulsen.1
Celebrated as the most prolific wolf observer in the world—called “the ultimate guru of wolf behavior” by Jane Goodall—with more than 100,000 sightings of wild wolves, his new book My Life With Wolves: How I Became the Storyteller for the Yellowstone Packs is a most-welcomed, more personal addition to this outstanding series.
From GreatLakesEcho.org:
Even though the grey wolf is classified as an endangered species, a new study found that the majority of Michigan’s recorded wolf deaths are caused by humans.
Researchers from Michigan State University and their collaborators used GPS collar and mortality data from 608 wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan between 2010 and 2023 to assess their specific cause of death.
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