From BBC Wildlife:
Although it’s easy to think a wolf is a long way from a domesticated puppy, they’re more closely related than we may realise – so closely, in fact, that they can produce viable, fertile offspring together.
From MorningAgClips.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), in partnership with Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA), now has a fully staffed Range Rider Program ready to deploy to reduce wolf conflicts in Colorado. The program is one component of CPW’s overall Livestock Conflict Minimization Program and is featured in CPW’s Wolf-Livestock Conflict Minimization Program Guide. CPW hired 11 skilled contract riders from local communities to join two riders from CDA in supporting livestock producers and mitigating potential wolf conflicts beginning this spring.
From SpectrumLocalNews.com:
The zoo has welcomed two Humboldt penguin chicks and six red wolf puppies, which are critically endangered with less than 20 living in the wild.
“These guys are the most critically endangered wolves, canine species, in the world,” said Theo Campbell, collection manager of carnivores for the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.
From 9News.com:
WALDEN, Colo. — A fight over $435 could end up saving the state thousands of dollars on future wolf damage claims, said the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) chairperson.
When a wolf bit one of Don Gittleson’s cows in 2023, CPW advised him to put the animal down, he said. Had he done so, he would have been entitled to receive up to $15,000 for the fair market value of the cow, per CPW’s wolf management plan.
From News10.com:
In New York, lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require wildlife officials to collect DNA samples from any large wild canines killed by hunters. It’s an effort to prevent killing endangered wolves accidentally, as coyotes remain legal game. In New York, hunters have fired at two wild wolves—or perhaps more—since 2001, having mistaken them for coyotes.
The measure, S5402A/A1229 introduced by State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assemblymember Robert Carroll, would require the Department of Environmental Conservation to test any wild canids—members of the wolf family, including dogs and coyotes—weighing over 50 pounds.
From Phys.org:
Wolves in the Netherlands mainly feed on wild animals such as wild boar and red and roe deer. But in areas such as Drenthe where these are scarce, they also prey on free-roaming cattle used for nature conservation. This is according to new research analyzing wolf scat across the country.
The research (in Dutch), carried out by Leiden University’s Center for Environmental Sciences, the Leo Foundation, the University of Antwerp and the Dutch Mammal Society, gives a detailed picture of the wolves’ diet in 2023.
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
With as many as four pairs of wolves denning together in Colorado, the state’s wolf numbers could soon skyrocket with a fresh crop of wolf pups.
That in turn could shift the dynamics of Colorado’s wolf population with the formation of numerous established packs.
The likely impending wolf puppy boom is drawing mixed reactions from Colorado residents.
From WisPolitics.com:
Gov. Tony Evers has proposed investing $3.7 million in the state budget to provide farmers with fencing to prevent wolves from killing or injuring livestock, but ag groups say more could be done to address the issue.
Evers’ budget proposes about $3.7 million for non-lethal abatement efforts and monitoring of wolves. The vast majority would go toward helping livestock producers pay for predator-proof fencing. The remaining $25,000 would fund wolf monitoring efforts at the Department of Natural Resources.
From FarmProgress.com:
California’s wildlife agency is “unaware of any public safety threats” caused by gray wolves despite several counties’ declarations that the apex predators are becoming a danger to humans, a top state official said.
“Our law enforcement team will continue to investigate any reports of abnormal wolf behavior that could lead to a threat to public safety,” said Kaitlin Talbot, the state Department of Food and Agriculture’s deputy director of communications.
From ShastaCounty.gov:
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors has taken formal action in response to the increasing presence and depredation of gray wolves in rural areas of the county. At its May 13, 2025 meeting, the Board unanimously adopted a resolution declaring a local state of emergency due to the threat posed by gray wolves to public safety, livestock, and property.
The resolution was sponsored by District 3 Supervisor Corkey Harmon, whose district includes some of the most impacted rural areas.
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