From TheFencePost.com:
Wolves have killed at least 37 head of cattle on Paul Roen’s California ranch this year.
Roen, a Sierra County supervisor (akin to a county commissioner) and ranch manager said “It has been an absolute massacre” and his county Sheriff Mike Fisher agrees, saying, in a Fox 40 television news story that the loss in Sierra Valley is “unprecedented.”
“There is nowhere else in the nation that has seen the amount of depredation in such a short amount of time,” said Fisher.
From SummitDaily.com:
More than a week after concluding an unsuccessful search for a chronic depredating wolf in Rio Blanco County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has released its full report on the failed attempt to kill the animal. Officials shot the wolf once and found evidence that the animal was hit, but could not locate it following an extensive search.
DNA collected from blood and bone fragments during the search identified the wolf as the fifth Copper Creek Pack yearling that was not successfully captured in fall 2024.
From KSTP.com:
One Minnesotan captured the beauty of wildlife like no other.
Photos from world-renowned photographer Jim Brandenburg are part of the Bell Museum collection.
“He had this uncanny ability to capture that magic of nature,” said Bell Museum Executive Director Holly Menninger. “He’s from Minnesota, and he cared deeply about Minnesota’s unique habitats and ecosystems.”
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.
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).
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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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