From PopSci.com:
Japan’s bear problem continues, and the country is running out of the robot wolves that help keep them at bay. First released in 2016 by the manufacturer Ohta, Monster Wolf was originally designed to ward off the agricultural foes like boars, deer, and the island nation’s Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations.
The creative solution quickly went viral for its red LED eyes and menacing fangs—as well as its admittedly odd, furry pipe frame.
From PostIndependent.com:
As gray wolves approach the end of denning season, many are concentrating their activity across Colorado’s central mountains.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s most recent wolf activity map, which marks the watersheds where the state’s collared gray wolves were located between April 21 and May 26, shows broad movement. Those in packs with developed territories, however, are displaying more localized movements around the northwestern and central mountains.
From Fauna-Flora.org:
The term ‘de-extinction’ has been hitting the headlines. The dire wolf – extinct for over 13,000 years – has apparently been brought back from the dead, with the woolly mammoth set to follow. At first sight, de-extinction may appear to be just an extreme example of species reintroduction, a common practice in conservation that literally involves putting a native species back where it belongs.
They are far from the same thing, however, and it’s important not to confuse the two concepts. So, what are the differences?
From SierraClub.org:
In September 2023, a male red wolf picked up a scent. He followed it toward a wide-open stretch of asphalt in North Carolina’s Alligator River Wildlife Refuge. Jackpot! He found a dead bear—plenty of food for himself and his family. But as he sniffed around, a vehicle appeared out of nowhere. By the time he realized the danger, it was too late to run. The car struck and killed him.
These were the final moments of a red wolf some called “Airplane Ears,” for the way one of his ears veered at an angle.
From Phys.org:
Human activity may be enabling the expansion of golden jackals across Europe by reducing the suppressive effect of gray wolves, suggests research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. This human-mediated interaction could allow jackals to occupy up to 75% of the continent, almost six times more than the current area, the authors suggest.
From WashingtonStateStandard.com:
Washington will permit the killing of a single gray wolf in the state’s northeastern corner following three suspected attacks on livestock.
The incidents took place in the Aladdin Valley, a forested rural area northeast of Colville in Stevens County. On Sunday, May 17, authorities investigated one calf that was killed and another that was injured. The next day, they examined another injured calf. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said the injuries were consistent with a wolf attack.
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From ColumbiaCommunityConnection.com:
The Dalles, Ore., May 26, 2026 — The recovery of gray wolves in Oregon has been hailed as one of the state’s major wildlife conservation successes. But as wolf numbers continue to climb, state officials, ranchers, hunters, tribal representatives and environmental advocates are increasingly wrestling with what that success means for the future.
From BigNewsNetwork.com:
A new set of wolves is on the road in Colorado — this time as artwork on a custom-wrapped pickup truck promoting the state’s Born to Be Wild license plates.
More than 26,000 Coloradans have purchased the plates so far, raising $1.3 million to reduce conflicts between wolves and ranchers.
From TheNevadaIndependent.com:
From Democrata.es:
Ecologists in Action has warned of the existence of “political manipulation” in the assessment of the conservation status of the Iberian wolf and has submitted allegations to the six-year report.
In them, it accuses Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, and Castilla y León of attempting to incorporate “serious scientific, methodological, and legal deficiencies” into the document in order to maintain the “slaughter” of this species.
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