From KTARNews.com:
PHOENIX — Conservationists and animal lovers have something good to howl about. Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies recently reported that the population of endangered Mexican gray wolves grew by 33 wolves last year.
From WyomingNews.com:
JACKSON — Cody Roberts, the Sublette County man charged with felony animal cruelty for allegedly bringing a wolf into a Daniel bar, plans to take a plea deal.
Under the agreement, reached Wednesday, Roberts will likely face 18 months of probation and a $1,000 fine. He would not be permitted to hunt, fish, drink alcohol or enter bars during that time.
From The Chronicle:
A dog ban remains in effect in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve following two wolf incidents last month. The prohibition took effect Feb. 11 and was expanded Feb. 12 after two wolves attacked a dog on Willowbrae Trail. The dog was not injured. Dogs are banned from Willowbrae Trail to Green Point Rocks.
From Arizona Republic:
State and federal wildlife agencies counted 319 endangered Mexican gray wolves across Arizona and New Mexico this past year. Up from 286 the previous year, it marks a decade of steady recovery. The count produced a major milestone – the…
From Blue News:
Over 800 farm animals killed: The wolf dispute is coming to a head in France. Breeders are calling for wolves to be shot down – the authorities are calling for coexistence. And in Switzerland, the Federal Council is also considering an upper limit for wolves.
From Cowboy State Daily:
As competitive apex predator species, grizzlies and wolves only very rarely get into bloody fights, but neither are they going to be best buddies either, a wildlife biologist said.
A wildlife photographer who captured an image of two wolves and a grizzly right next to each other, all looking perfectly calm, said it was an almost impossibly rare moment.
From Colorado Politics:
One of the original wolves brought to Colorado from Colorado has died after an attempt to capture it, the’s state wildlife agency said.
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife identified the wolf as No. 2305 — meaning it was one of the original 10 animals that came from Oregon.
From Idaho State Journal:
A Wyoming man who allegedly hit a wolf with a snowmobile, taped the wounded animal’s mouth shut and showed it off in a rural bar before killing it has agreed to a plea deal that would spare him from going to trial and potentially prison.
Cody Roberts would instead pay a $1,000 fine and serve 18 months of probation under the deal reached with Sublette County prosecutors last week and filed in court Wednesday, according to court documents.
From Summit Daily:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has revealed new information about how a wolf died in its custody in Routt County this January.
The male wolf, tagged 2305, was around 3 years old and among those translocated from Oregon in December 2023. The wolf was the patriarch of the King Mountain wolf pack, which formed in spring 2025. Parks and Wildlife was capturing the wolf and its female mate to replace the batteries on their GPS collar, something the agency aims to do every two to three years.
On Friday, Feb. 27, Parks and Wildlife reported in a news release that the wolf’s necropsy confirmed “capture-related complications” were responsible for its Jan. 28 death.
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
A Laramie County rancher shot a roughly 2-year-old male wolf near Carpenter, Wyoming, where wolves are almost never seen. It may be the first recorded legal wolf killing in the county, and its origin remains unclear.
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