From SierraDailyNews.com:
Lassen County Sheriff wrote the following letter to Secretary Wade Crowfoot California Natural Resources Agency:
On January 1, 2026, the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office received a report of wolf depredations on the Willow Creek Ranch on Horse Lake Road north of Susanville. Personnel from the Sheriff’s Office were advised a horse and a calf were attacked by wolves. A USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services trapper was already on scene conducting an investigation.
From ColoradoSun.com:
A biologist who worked with Jane Goodall says “yes.” A biologist who introduced wolves to Yellowstone says “there’s a better question.”
Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s pipeline for bringing wolves into the state is approaching collapse and if that happens, it could create “significant ecological, genetic and social risks” for the program that has an estimated 20 adult wolves on the ground and pups born to four packs, agency spokesperson Luke Perkins said.
From Mirror.Co.UK:
Photographer Terry Noah and his colleagues were snapping away on Ellesmere Island in the Arctic Circle when they encountered two animals who many found to be unexpectedly calm.
From AnchorageDailyNews.com:
As I was driving down the highway one spring day eight years ago, I saw a shaggy, gray-black canine cruising along on the snowpack, right next to the road. Could it be one of the hardest animals to spot in Alaska, a wolf?
Yes. I pulled over and stopped. The wolf padded along the treeline, getting closer.
From DenverGazette.com:
With no apparent plan in place to bring in more wolves to Colorado for 2026, Colorado Parks and Wildlife may have an even bigger problem.
A Dec. 18 letter from Brian Nesvik, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), threatens to terminate the state’s authority to manage wolves unless certain conditions are met.
From MirageNews.com:
A long-term study examining wolf–human interactions in Türkiye reveals the delicate balance between ecology and society.
Living close to nature does not always mean living in harmony. Across many regions of Türkiye, the boundaries between wildlife habitats and human activity are becoming increasingly blurred. When large predators such as wolves are involved, these encounters can have serious consequences—for both people and animals.
From WarpNews.com:
Gray wolves, pumas, black bears, and grizzly bears have made significant comebacks in North America thanks to legislation and changing attitudes.
The wolf population in the Northern Rockies has increased from 66 reintroduced individuals to over 2,800 in 30 years. Black bears have increased by approximately two percent annually since the 1980s and now number over 850,000 individuals.
From SteamboatPilot.com:
As state builds self-sustaining population of gray wolves, are politics and emotions overriding science? Editor’s note: This is the second story in a two-part series recapping Colorado’s second year of wolf reintroduction.
Click here for the full story.
From TheTimes.com:
An Italian council has been criticised for spending €50,000 on killing a wolf.
Arno Kompatscher, governor of the German-speaking South Tyrol territory, ordered that two wolves be culled in July after 31 recorded attacks on grazing animals within two months in the Vinschgau Valley, near the Swiss and Austrian borders.
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From AGDaily.com:
A century of shifting federal priorities transformed wolves from ‘public enemies’ into protected predators, and reshaped life on working lands.
Humans and animal interactions have long been complex, and as development and commercialization has minimized encounters in urban and suburban parts of the United States, rural ranchers are bearing the brunt of evolving ecological policy. And though this issue goes back more than half a century, the toll to modern ranchers is accelerating.
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