Rancher Testifies on Mexican Wolf Delisting in House Hearing

From OklahomaFarmerReport.com:

Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held a hearing on the Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025 that would delist the Mexican wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association (ACGA), New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA), and Public Lands Council (PLC) all support passage of this critical bill. NMCGA President-Elect Tom Paterson testified in support of this bill and described how burdensome the federal management restrictions for the Mexican wolf have become.

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Encore: Wildlife biologist Diane K. Boyd is ‘A Woman Among Wolves’ (Part One)

From MTPR.org:

This week on The Write Question, host Lauren Korn returns to the first part of a two-part conversation with world-renowned wildlife biologist Diane K. Boyd, author of A Woman Among Wolves: My Journey Through Forty Years of Wolf Recovery (Greystone Books).

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Compassion, coexistence with wolves stressed in animal-rights talk hosted by Colorado’s first gentleman

From ColoradoSun.com:

Marlon Reis said he created the event at the Boettcher Mansion partly out of frustration over stories in the media that portray animals “as unthinking or unfeeling and perpetuate negative stereotypes that are dangerous and destructive”.

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[Alaska] ADFG Requesting Wolf Hunters To Submit Samples From Taken Animals

From Alaska Sporting Journal:

Ketchikan, AK – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation is asking for assistance in collecting additional samples from harvested wolves from Southeast Alaska.

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Why Wolves In Wyoming Aren’t Attacking And Killing People Like They Are In India

From Cowboy State Daily:

While a district in northern India is still reeling from wolf attacks that have killed at least 10 people, many of them children, wildlife biologists say the chances of humans being attacked by wolves in Wyoming remain virtually zero. The same holds true for North America in general, Wyoming wildlife researcher Kristin Barker told Cowboy State Daily.

“Wolves and humans just don’t interact (in North America) as they do in other places,” she said.

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Idaho Files Criminal Complaint Against Ryan Lampers Over Trophy Deer, Lion, and Wolf Cases

From Gear Junkie:

The Lemhi County Prosecutor’s Office in Idaho has filed a criminal complaint against Ryan C. Lampers, 51, of Montana. GearJunkie obtained court documents showing Lampers faces eight separate charges following an investigation by Idaho Fish and Game conservation officers into his hunting activity during the 2024 season.

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Colorado ranchers face tough season: drought, wildfires and wolves

From Colorado Public Radio:

The eastern Colorado rangeland where Curt Russell, the new president of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, summers his herd of 150 Simmental cows lies far from the spotlight. As far as the headlines are concerned, the biggest issues facing the state’s ranchers are extreme drought, lingering wildfires and — most prominently — wolves.

Those are Western Slope issues. The last president of CCA, Tom Harrington, had his livestock attacked by wolves near Aspen. But out here, near tiny and unincorporated Karval, the only wild dogs are coyotes, and the rain has been plentiful.

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Vancouver Island photographer granted two-year fellowship to study and protect B.C.’s sea wolves

From CTV News:

With his striking portraits, Vancouver Island wildlife photographer Ryan Tidman has made strides in the work to raise awareness of the sea wolf species that inhabits B.C.’s coastline – and yet he’s only just beginning to scratch the surface.

Last month Tidman was named as the inaugural Audain Wildlife Conservation Fellow, a two-year appointment established by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and supported by the Audain Foundation, that will enable research into the at-risk species.

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Wolves in Europe: From conservation icon to political flashpoint

From Belga News Agency:

For decades, the EU has used the grey wolf as an example of how nature can recover if it is given protection and space. Today, however, this success story is unravelling.

From Brussels to the forests of Belgium, Sweden, Italy and Poland, the wolf has been transformed from a conservation icon into a lightning rod in Europe’s culture wars, pitting city dwellers against rural communities, farmers against environmentalists, and fact against fear.

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DNA Reveals Diet and Prey of Wolves and Lynx

From Bioengineer.org:

In a groundbreaking study published in Front Zool, researchers undertook a molecular analysis of scats to illuminate the diet and prey preferences of grey wolves and Eurasian lynxes inhabiting the transition zone between the Dinaric Mountains and the Alps. This crucial investigation not only sheds light on the feeding behavior of these apex predators but also offers valuable insights into the broader ecological dynamics of the region, which includes their impact on local prey populations.

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