Colorado Wolf Opponents Now Say Prop 114 Never Passed, Claiming Election Fraud in Appeal to USFWS

From OutdoorLife.com:

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.

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A wolf tracked by GPS did something no one expected in Switzerland: it jumped into Lake Lucerne, and its journey has experts baffled

From Ecoticias.com:

A lone wolf just did something that sounds like it belongs in a wildlife documentary, not a densely populated European country.

GPS points analyzed by the KORA Foundation indicate a male wolf known as M637 crossed Lake Lucerne by swimming about 0.93 miles (1.5 kilometers) on Feb. 13, 2026, through 41°F (5°C) water, with a location ping appearing right in the middle of the lake.

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Jackal Expansion Across Europe Facilitated by Humans, Curbed by Wolves

From Czech Academy of Sciences:

Over the past few decades, the golden jackal has been pushing into parts of Europe where it had never been recorded before. An international study, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, outlines the reasons why.

According to our researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the CAS, who contributed to the study, the expansion is driven by a combination of climate change, landscape modification, and the long-term decline of large predators, especially wolves.

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Yellowstone wolves may not have reshaped the national park after all

From SciencDaily.com:

One of the most celebrated claims about Yellowstone’s wolves is facing a major challenge. Scientists say the study behind the famous trophic cascade story relied on flawed methods that overstated the ecological impact of wolf recovery. Their reanalysis found no evidence for a dramatic, park-wide surge in willow growth. Instead, the effects appear smaller and vary from place to place.

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One wolf’s journey across Europe’s political faultlines

From ChathamHouse.org:

The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 brought many changes to Europe. One of the more unexpected was that it allowed the big carnivores of Eastern Europe to begin expanding their range westward, where for centuries they had been practically unknown.

Few large mammals, people included, had been permitted to cross from east to west before the borders reopened. From the guard towers, they shot the bears for fun. Today, the European wolf is undergoing a remarkable resurgence.

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Video captures wolves attacking bison in Poland for first time

From NotesFromPoland.com:

A newly released video shows for the first time a pack of wolves attacking a herd of bison in Poland, which is home to the world’s largest population of European bison as well as a growing number of wolves.

The footage, caught by a camera trap, shows seven wolves targeting a group of 11 bison. The predators focus in particular on a newborn calf, which they manage to bite and begin to drag away before being charged and driven off by two adult bison cows.

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Federal agents search Datil [New Mexico] properties in case of Mexican wolf kills

From ABQJournal.com:

They were father and son, roaming Catron County as part of the Sawtooth pack. Within a month of each other, both collared Mexican gray wolves were trapped on private property near Datil. The father was left to die of thirst before his body was placed beside a highway, according to authorities. The son was shot in the spine and beaten over the head, his body moved onto public lands where cattle graze.

A monthslong investigation into the deaths of the protected species led U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents to search two properties April 9, according to a search warrant return filed in U.S. District Court in Las Cruces.

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Investigation continues into wolf killed by [Colorado] rancher in defense of cattle

From TheFencePost.com:

The federal 10(j) rule, which Colorado has in place, allows ranchers and livestock owners to shoot and kill wolves caught in the act of attacking livestock, working dogs, or to protect human life and that law is about to be put to the test. The results, which will come from a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission that includes three newly appointed commissioners, have the attention of ranchers across the West who deal with depredations.

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Grey County [Ontario] staff suggests ending bounties for beavers, coyotes, wolves; council doubles down

From CollingwoodToday.ca:

Grey County is going to increase the bounties it pays to hunters and trappers who eliminate “nuisance” beavers, coyotes and wolves, even after a staff report recommended ending the program.

At its meeting on June 11, council voted to continue to have a bounty system in place and to increase the bounties paid by the county. For more than a year, the county has been studying the beaver and coyote/wolf bounties it offers to hunters and trappers.

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Klamath County Commissioner Derrick DeGroot sponsors resolutions to delist gray wolves, reform Endangered Species Act

From HeraldAndNews.com:

During the regular Klamath County Board of Commissioners’ administrative meeting Tuesday, Commissioner Derrick DeGroot brought two resolutions from the National Association of Counties, which he will formally sponsor.

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