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Wildlife photographer Sylvia Borgonovo, known for her images of Yellowstone National Park’s oldest-known living wolf 1090F, has died at 65.
Borgonovo, a photographer and wildlife activist who became closely associated with Yellowstone, died September 15 after a brief battle with small-cell lung cancer in a nonsmoker that had metastasized to her spine, according to a report by Cowboy State Daily. She would have turned 66 on October 7.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to host virtual meeting on red wolf recovery
From WCTI12.com:
RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a virtual informational meeting Tuesday, September 29, on the Red Wolf Recovery Program.
The meeting runs from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Wildlife Photographer Who Captured Images of Yellowstone Park’s Oldest Wolf Dies at 65
From PetaPixel.com:
Wildlife photographer Sylvia Borgonovo, known for her images of Yellowstone National Park’s oldest-known living wolf 1090F, has died at 65.
Borgonovo, a photographer and wildlife activist who became closely associated with Yellowstone, died September 15 after a brief battle with small-cell lung cancer in a nonsmoker that had metastasized to her spine, according to a report by Cowboy State Daily. She would have turned 66 on October 7.
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Wolves kill or injure dozens of farm animals across California in 2026: CDFW report
From KTLA.com:
California’s growing number of wild wolves killed or injured dozens of farm animals across the state in 2026, so far, according to the latest report from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Minnesota Wolf Crisis in Crosshairs of New Documentary
From AgWeb.com:
“Fed to the Wolves,” debuts Oct. 1, and its producers contend it reveals deep damage to agriculture and hunting in rural Minnesota and lack of action by state officials.
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How wolf worship in a Japanese village helped unlock an extinct species’ DNA
From AsianNews.Network:
Genuine skulls and bones belonging to the long-extinct Japanese wolf species have recently been found in private homes across Kiyokawa, a village in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture – owing to the community’s wolf-worshipping tradition, passed down through generations.
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[Washington] Wildlife managers mull killing additional member of Couse pack
From Moscow-Pullman Daily News:
The killing of a member of the Couse wolf pack last week did not deter the animals from preying on cattle.
According to a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife news release, a calf was injured by wolves Wednesday and the agency is considering killing another member of the pack.
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Will Colorado find wolves to release this winter?
From The Aspen Times:
As winter approaches, so does Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s deadline to secure a source for gray wolves if it wants to release additional animals this year.
Parks and Wildlife’s wolf management plan recommends that the agency release 30 to 50 wolves in the program’s first three to five years to build a self-sustaining population as mandated by voters. During the first two winters of its reintroduction effort, the state wildlife agency tracked toward this goal, releasing 25 wolves from Oregon and British Columbia.
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CPW killed 2 yearling wolves in 1 day. A biologist says this weakens the region’s genetic diversity.
From ColoradoSun.com:
Colorado wildlife agents shot and killed two yearling wolves from separate packs on Sept. 7, after the wolves killed multiple livestock over three months in Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties.
Wolf advocate Courtney Vail, board chair of the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project, said she has questions over how Colorado Parks and Wildlife determined the wolves were responsible for the attacks.
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What Trump’s order to delist gray wolves means for Colorado’s reintroduction
From SteamboatPilot.com:
President Donald Trump ordered the federal government to look at delisting gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves over the next 90 days.
In Colorado, where voters mandated the reintroduction of gray wolves in 2020, the change in federal protections would have little impact on how the state manages the species.
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Coyotes? Wolves? Who knows? Animal sighting near Deer Lake [Canada] baffles online community
From CBC.ca:
When Nikita Compton came across a small pack of four animals during an outdoors trip on Monday, she thought she was looking at a group of coyotes.
But in the days since, thousands of eagle-eyed watchers have put what she saw up for interpretation.
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