From Wildlife.ca.gov:
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is initiating efforts in northern California to capture deer, elk and wolves by helicopter and outfit the animals with GPS collars.
Helicopter captures for deer and elk will be conducted in portions of Alameda, Colusa, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Santa Clara, Sierra, Siskiyou and Tehama counties throughout the month of January 2026.
From RusSpain.com:
Asturian farmers are once again expressing discontent over new regulations governing wolf population control. Local agricultural associations argue that the measures proposed by authorities do not meet the actual needs of the region. According to them, the number of wolves permitted for culling and the number of participants allowed in each operation are too low to make an impact on livestock attacks.
From SantaFeNewMexican.com:
Single Colorado male looking for mate. Potentially open to moving.
The announcement earlier this month that a gray wolf from Colorado had crossed into the Land of Enchantment has renewed discussions about the possibility the Mexican gray wolves’ northern neighbors could help solve the subspecies’ inbreeding problems.
But some warn the Mexican wolves’ Colorado counterparts could overwhelm the gene pool and cause regulatory challenges because of efforts to pull the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act list.
From WashingtonPost.com:
A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe. The first clue was the flock of ravens.
Tom Gable spotted the birds while driving to work. He pulled over and saw what they were circling: a rib cage poking out of the fresh dusting of December snow, about 20 yards from the road. Climbing down an embankment, he found more carnage. Tufts of fur scattered like confetti. Trails of blood on the frozen river. And the disemboweled remains of a deer carcass.
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From StGeorgeUtah.com:
In a bipartisan effort to curb extreme cruelty to wildlife on federal lands, Reps. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, Mike Lawler, R-New York, Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, today introduced the Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons Act, legislation to prohibit the intentional use of snowmobiles and other motor vehicles to injure and kill wolves, coyotes and other native animals on public lands across the United States.
From RollCall.com:
As congressional Republicans push to delist gray wolf and grizzly bear populations from Endangered Species Act protections, they now have an ally in the administration who has taken a skeptical view of the law designed for the purpose.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Brian Nesvik, who was confirmed in August, has advocated delisting the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear and said both the bear and gray wolf populations have recovered.
From TheConversation.com:
What’s the value of one animal? When a wild animal is found badly injured, the most humane option is often euthanasia to prevent further suffering. That’s what usually happens, and often for good reason. Even when the resources to rescue one animal are available, a rehabilitated animal brought back into the wild might be rejected by its group, or struggle to find food or escape predators. If it does survive, it may fail to reproduce, and leave no lasting mark on the population.
But every so often a single case comes along where one animal becomes evidence that intervention can do more than save a life on the spot. It can also change what we think is possible.
From SciTechDaily.com:
Researchers have uncovered wolf remains dating back thousands of years on a small and remote island in the Baltic Sea. Because the island is naturally isolated, the animals could only have arrived there with human involvement.
The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, Stockholm University, the University of Aberdeen, and the University of East Anglia, suggests that gray wolves may have been deliberately managed or controlled by prehistoric communities.
From SummitDaily.com:
While some of the wolves are part of Colorado’s four packs establishing territories in Pitkin, Jackson, Routt and Rio Blanco counties, others continue to search the landscape for mates and suitable food sources and habitat.
Largely, however, wolf exploration of Colorado remains within similar northern counties in December, according to the latest wolf activity map shared by Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Dec. 23.
From CapitalPress.com:
PENDLETON, Ore. — Wolves have killed far more cattle this year in Oregon, but the state hasn’t allocated funding to properly compensate ranchers, an expert said. The Oregon Legislature could erase the shortfall during its upcoming 2026 short session via a proposed increase in the state’s lodging tax. “We need hats in Salem,” said John Williams, co-chairman of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association Wolf Committee.
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