Group to Sue Fish and Wildlife Service for Reversing Course on Gray Wolf Recovery Plan

From FlatheadBeacon.com:

As Montana adopts increasingly aggressive measures to shrink its wolf population, a conservation group on Tuesday announced plans to sue federal wildlife managers over their refusal to issue a first-of-its-kind national recovery plan for gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Calling the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) decision an “unlawful” policy reversal that undermines the long-term recovery of wolves, the Center for Biological Diversity on Dec. 2 filed the 60-day notice of its intent to sue FWS, per statutory requirements of the ESA. The Center for Biological Diversity intends to file its formal lawsuit in early February.

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Six livestock killed and one dog injured in recent Union/Wallowa County [Oregon] wolf depredations

From ElkhornMediaGroup.com:

UNION & WALLOWA COUNTIES – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has released information on investigated wolf depredations for November through December 1st, 2025. Four wolf depredations were confirmed for Northeast Oregon, two in Union County and two in Wallowa County, resulting in 6 dead livestock and a single injured livestock protection dog.

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Study shows shepherds’ changing stance towards wolves

From DecanHerald.com:

The study is part of a collaborative effort to understand social perspectives in wolf conservation between Europe and India. Wolves in the state seem to be staring at extinction due to several factors, including the not-so-friendly attitudes of present-day shepherds, whose livestock are often lifted by the predators.

Hubballi: Younger shepherds no longer consider wolves their ‘guardian gods’ and consider any lifting of livestock as a loss and threat to livelihood, says a recent study, indicating a generational shift in conservation.

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Wolf-on-livestock attack prevention training to be held in Lewis-Arriola [Colorado]

From The-Journal.com:

A training led by the Colorado Department of Agriculture is scheduled Dec. 8 in Lewis-Arriola to provide education and resources for preventing wolf attacks on livestock. The event, from 5-7 p.m. at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center, comes amid ongoing debate over wolf reintroduction, particularly in rural Western Slope communities such as Montezuma County.

The event will include an update on Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program and offer resources to prevent or reduce wolf-livestock conflicts, according to a flyer.

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Drones & robots deployed against rising wolf & bear attacks in India & Japan

From Animals24-7.org

LUCKNOW,  India;  TOKYO,  Japan––“Forest rangers in India have deployed drones to track wolves after nine people,  mostly children,  were killed by the animals in recent weeks, officials said Sunday,”  reported both CBS and Agence France-Presse on December 1,  2025.

The CBS and Agence France-Presse reports went on to describe the deaths of a 10-month-old girl,  “who was snatched by a wolf in Bahraich district of northern Uttar Pradesh state on Saturday while she was sleeping beside her mother,”  and the death of a five-year-old boy who “a day earlier, was snatched in plain sight of his mother from outside their home.”

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Wolves on Isle Royale switch from moose to beavers. Will it alter ecosystem?

From BridgeMI.com:

Researchers looked at the location of wolves on Isle Royale relative to the location of known active beaver lodges. In the absence of large predators, the beaver population boomed but has fallen drastically since the translocation of wolves onto the island. As moose grow stronger during summer and fall, wolves appear to shift their attention to beavers.

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NGO call on Member States to not lower the protection status of the wolf

From OIPA.org:

In December 2024, the European Union’s Habitats Directive was officially amended: the wolf went from “strictly protected” to “protected” status.

We just signed a NGO’s letter asking the EU member states to not lower the protection status of the wolf and to intensify efforts to achieve coexistence between wolves and rural communities. This action aims to demonstrate, one year after the directive was amended, that NGOs across the EU remain unconvinced by the political U-turn the EU has made on species protection when the EU lowered the protection status of the wolf against scientific evidence.

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Yellowstone’s Wolves And The Controversy Racking Ecologists Right Now

From IFLScience.com:

There are plenty of things that make Yellowstone National Park special. It’s the US’s oldest National Park, dating back more than 150 years. It’s dotted by hot springs that are both fantastically vibrant and existentially (and immediately) perilous. It’s the only place in the country where you could, at least theoretically, get away with murder.

But equally striking is the flourishing wildlife. Flora and fauna abound, harkening back to an America not yet touched by colonialist hands: bison roam wild (indeed, sometimes they’re positively livid); grizzly bears are born and live in safety; cougars are… well, the cougars aren’t doing too hot, to be honest, but they’re trying their best.

And, at the very apex of the local food chain, there are the wolves.

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Was that a wolf in Whatcom County [Washington]? Here’s what state wildlife officials say

From BellinghamHerald.com:

A photograph going around social media claims to show a gray wolf standing in a field on Smith Road in rural Whatcom County. It’s a grainy color image of what appears to be a canine larger than a coyote, making it one of dozens of wolf sightings that have been reported in Whatcom County since 2020 — from the flanks of Mount Baker to Blaine, Ferndale and the Lummi Reservation.

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Gray wolves continue to move throughout [Colorado] state

From AlamosaCitizen.com:

Colorado gray wolves continue to move throughout the state, showing activity in watersheds near population centers. Colorado Parks and Wildlife clarified how watersheds are highlighted as wolves move in and out of them.

In November, CPW’s Gray Wolf Activity Map showed much of the San Luis Valley’s watershed lit up with wolf activity. The map seemingly showed movement from Rio Grande County, through Alamosa County and into Costilla County.

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