From The Economist:
In the battle between farmers and conservationists, canis lupus is losing.
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From Yahoo.com:
Wolves remain fearful of humans even in areas where they are protected, according to a study published on Thursday in the Current Biology journal.
The study finds that the predators deliberately avoid human proximity, even in areas where they face little direct threat due to protective measures.
An international research team led by wildlife ecologist Liana Zanette from Western University in the Canadian city of London observed wolves in a large area of Poland.
From EurekAlert.org:
Research team investigates farmers’ willingness to implement options to protect grazing animals on pasture.
From HelsinkiTimes.fi:
Finland’s wolf population has grown sharply over the past year, reaching its highest level in decades. The Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) estimates that as of March 2025, the country had approximately 430 wolves, a 46 percent increase from the previous year.
From DiscoverMagazine.com:
When it comes to navigating nature, dogs and cats have different game plans. While dogs tend to sniff around familiar spots, cats are more free-spirited and explore new places. The movement patterns of our pets run deep in their evolutionary history, highlighting the contrasts in how they traverse the great outdoors.
Fro Phys.org:
Hunters and farmers in Greece are demanding the right to cull wolves after one attacked a child on a beach this month, warning that the protected species is multiplying in the wild.
From VP-MI.com:
The logic goes: wolves kill livestock, so killing more wolves means less livestock loss. But researchers have found that’s not quite the case.
A new study published in the journal Science Advances analyzed wolf hunting across the western U.S. It determined hunting is not the most effective method for addressing livestock loss.
“You’d have to kill quite a few wolves in order to save one cow, on average,” says Leandra Merz, the paper’s lead author.
From WJFW.com:
LANGLADE COUNTY, Wis. (WJFW) — Three separate wolf attacks and killings of hunting dogs in Langlade were reported in a two-day stretch on Friday and Saturday.
According to a news release from the Wisconsin DNR, USDA-Wildlife Service confirmed two wolf attacks in the Town of Ackley near Antigo and another attack in Elcho resulting in a total of six hunting dog deaths.
From InsideClimateNews.org:
After a judge lamented the “political yo-yo” process embroiling wolf management in the Northern Rockies, no one appears to know how to deescalate the debate.
From WYLR.net:
Wolf reintroduction has been a topic of tension in Colorado and surrounding states since 2020. Recently, two separate citizens’ petitions have been filed in Colorado calling for a reevaluation of wolf policy. One recommends delaying reintroduction efforts until 2026, while the other calls to put an end to wolf reintroduction entirely.
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