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.
From SwissInfo.ch:
According to the foundation, experts have identified a total of 350 wolves. A pack established itself for the first time in the canton of Obwalden, while another pack was created in the canton of Neuchâtel.
The researchers also found some special evidence. In the canton of Bern, they identified a pregnant female wolf as the first female from the Central European population to be registered in Switzerland. According to the report, the majority of Swiss wolves still originate from the Alpine population.
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.
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.
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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