From ColoradoPolitics.com:
The continuing effort to pay claims tied to wolf depredations could take on a new form, allowing ranchers to use their skills in caring for injured livestock instead of relying on often-unavailable veterinarians.
The veterinarian shortage in Colorado is becoming critical. In 2021, the US Department of Agriculture identified 25 counties on the Western Slope with critical veterinary care shortages, including Garfield, Mesa, Rio Blanco, Delta, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel counties.
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Gray wolves have killed cattle in Northern California. Are Nevada ranches at risk?
From RenoGazetteJournal.com:
There have been two confirmed, two probable and one possible gray wolf attack on cattle in California in the past eight months, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with packs spotted as close to Nevada as Lassen and Plumas counties. This may make Nevada ranchers and livestock owners concerned if the wolf packs in nearby California counties could wander into the Silver State.
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Vet shortages push Colorado Parks & Wildlife to consider new approach for wolf depredation claims
From ColoradoPolitics.com:
The continuing effort to pay claims tied to wolf depredations could take on a new form, allowing ranchers to use their skills in caring for injured livestock instead of relying on often-unavailable veterinarians.
The veterinarian shortage in Colorado is becoming critical. In 2021, the US Department of Agriculture identified 25 counties on the Western Slope with critical veterinary care shortages, including Garfield, Mesa, Rio Blanco, Delta, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel counties.
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Suspected grey wolf sighted in Delhi after decades
From Hindustan.com:
A possible sighting of the Indian grey wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) has been reported in Delhi, after a wildlife enthusiast photographed a lone animal resembling the elusive species along the Yamuna floodplains near Palla, in north Delhi, where the river enters the city. The rare encounter occurred on Thursday morning, when the animal was seen along the riverbanks before vanishing into the tall riverine grasses.
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Another reintroduced wolf has died in Colorado, but surviving animals may have pups
From CPRNews.org:
The seventh wolf reintroduced to Colorado has died.
On Friday, Colorado Parks and wildlife announced it had received a “mortality signal” from a collar attached to a gray wolf traveling through northwest Colorado. The animal was among a group of 15 predators captured in British Columbia last winter and released on the Western Slope through the state’s controversial wolf reintroduction program.
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ADFG Shutting Down Prince Of Wales Island Unit Wolf Sightings’ Website
From AlaskaSportingJournal.com:
May 16, 2025 – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) previously collected wolf observations from Game Management Unit 2 (Unit 2) to document wolf distribution. This allowed members of the public to share their observations with the department to help determine how widespread wolves are in Unit 2. The department will discontinue collecting wolf observations through the online reporting website as the observations collected by the public have provided sufficient information for wolf distribution throughout Unit 2.
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Bill to Provide Better Protection to Wolves in New York State
From AdirondackAlmanack.com:
Legislation (S.5402/A.1229A), introduced by Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assembly Member Robert Carroll, will direct the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to collect data about wild canids (specifically coyotes and wolves) that have specified characteristics that are killed or found in New York State. The data collected will help DEC to identify areas of the state where wolves, a protected endangered species, may be present and will direct DEC to collect important genetic information on coyote and wolf populations in the state.
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New report reveals promising changes in US state’s gray wolf population: ‘This is not a coincidence’
From The Cooldown.com:
There’s good news for gray wolves in Oregon: their numbers are on the rebound. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released its 2024 Annual Wolf Report, revealing a 15% increase in the state’s known wolf population.
At the end of 2024, Oregon counted at least 204 wolves across 25 packs, with 17 having breeding pairs. Reproduction was documented in 30 groups, and 23 wolves were radio-collared to help with long-term monitoring.
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Co-ops welcome EU-wide lowering of wolf protections
From TheNews.coop:
The European Parliament voted to downgrade wolves’ conservation status from “strictly protected” to “protected” on 8 May, a move welcomed by agricultural co-ops but criticised by environmental groups. Proposed by the European Commission, the amendment to the Habitats Directive regarding the protection status of the wolf was adopted with 371 votes in favour, 162 against, and 37 abstentions.
Copa and Cogeca, the voice of European farmers and their co-ops, said the vote “marks a significant and long-overdue development in enabling EU member states and other European countries to apply effective management and monitoring of growing wolf populations across the continent”.
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3 deaths, a 1,700-mile journey and 4 possible dens: The latest on Colorado’s wolf reintroduction
From ColoradoSun.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife says two wolves introduced to the state from British Columbia that were shot and killed in Wyoming and a third that was found dead in Rocky Mountain National Park were “unfortunate events” this spring in the agency’s efforts to establish a self-sustaining wolf population. Yet the deaths in no way “indicate failure for the state’s wolf reintroduction plan.”
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California releases new wolf tracking tool to help prevent livestock conflict
From KMPH.com:
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced the release of a brand-new mapping tool designed to provide regular location updates on GPS-collared gray wolves in California. The announcement was made Thursday.
The tool has been named “The Wolf Location Automated Mapping System” available to the public on CDFW’s website, shows the approximate location of GPS collared wolves across the state.
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