From NPR.org:
Colorado ranchers are generally not happy about the return of wolves to the state. The predators are back after an 80-year hiatus. Voters approved a ballot measure a couple of years ago to reintroduce them. Now the state is hiring what are called range riders to protect livestock. Aspen Public Radio’s Halle Zander has this report.
From SteamboatRadio.com:
Gray wolf 2403, which was a member of the Copper Creek Pack in Grand County, crossed the border into New Mexico. It was captured by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and returned to Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says it was brought back to Grand County, “and released in a location where it can best contribute to CPW’s efforts to establish a self-sustaining wolf population while concurrently attempting to minimize potential wolf-related livestock conflicts.”
From VailDaily.com:
Colorado lawmakers continue to raise questions about the cost of the state’s wolf reintroduction during the early phases of the annual budgeting process for 2026. On Tuesday, Dec. 9, the Joint Budget Committee was briefed by committee staff on the 2026 budget for the Department of Natural Resources, which includes Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
From Mongabay.com:
California’s expanding gray wolf numbers — a conservation success for an endangered species — have worried ranchers in recent years as wolf-related livestock kills mount. Some ranchers are adapting to the changing landscape, using short-term nonlethal deterrents, some of which are funded by a state compensation program. A few ranchers are exploring long-term approaches, such as changing their ranching practices and training their cattle to keep them safe from wolves.
While change is hard, ranchers acknowledge that learning to live with the new predator is the only way forward, and it pays to find ways to do so.
From 9News.com:
DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not publicly announced a source to provide more wolves to the state this winter, but the agency’s former director described the need for more wolves as “increasingly critical” and a “must,” in letters obtained by 9NEWS Investigates.
From KOBI5.com:
OREGON – U.S. Congressman Cliff Bentz continuing to sound the alarm on the issues he says ranchers face with gray wolves attacking cattle. He was in Washington D.C. Wednesday echoing the concerns of many ranchers, “I rise today to call out the injury and the injustice being inflicted on my state and my constituents by the inappropriate and unfair enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, as has been and is being applied to the reintroduction of the gray wolf.”
From EnglishNews.cn:
KABUL, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — Seven people were injured in a rare wolf attack in a village in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, late Tuesday night, a local health official said Wednesday, highlighting growing concerns over the impact of environmental degradation on wildlife behavior.
The incident occurred when a hungry wolf entered a residential area in Surubi Sasma region of Naziyan district, attacking villagers and wounding seven individuals, according to Naqibullah Rahimi, spokesman for the provincial public health department.
From News10.com:
A hunter in central New York shot a large animal in December 2021, which was later identified as a wild gray wolf, marking the first documented case of the species south of the St. Lawrence River in decades. Researchers from the New York State Museum and Princeton University used DNA testing to confirm the wolf’s identity, which weighed 84 pounds and had 99.9% Great Lakes Gray Wolf ancestry.
The wolf likely traveled 500 to 750 miles from around Michigan, Minnesota, or Wisconsin. The specimen is now displayed at the state museum in Albany to help the public understand the relationship between wolves and coyotes.
From TheCooldown.com:
Red wolves are the most endangered wolf species on the planet, with only an estimated 25 wolves remaining in the wild (although around 241 are kept at captive breeding facilities in a conservation effort to revitalize the species).
Due to their rarity, few people have seen them in the wild, but one Instagrammer managed not only to do just that but also to capture the experience on camera.
From ConnexionFrance.com:
A pack of black wolves has been confirmed to be roaming in France after researchers studied the animals for several years in the Var department.
The distinctly-coloured group is the first of its kind in modern France. A female ‘alpha’ wolf with a black coat was first spotted in the Sainte-Baume massif in 2021 and subsequently mated with a more common-looking grey wolf. Out of six pups born to the couple, four also developed a black coat.
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