From CowboyStateDaily.com:
It’s commonly argued that wolves are worth millions to the economies of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, because they’re such tourist magnets.
However, others think that wolves ultimately drain more from the states’ economies than they bring in, because of losses to big game herds and livestock industry, as well as the massive legal fees that states incur fighting lawsuits from wolf advocate groups.
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[Wyoming] Wolf captor Cody Roberts takes plea deal that would avoid prison time
From Wyofile.com:
A Sublette County man who captured and brought an injured wolf into a bar in February 2024, where he posed for photographs that later drew global outrage, has struck a deal with prosecutors that could keep him out of prison.
A signed plea agreement filed with the Sublette County District Court and obtained by WyoFile on Wednesday afternoon means that Roberts, 44, would likely no longer face trial. It had been set to begin March 9.
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Colorado wolves pushed farther into the southern Front Range this month
From HanfordSentinel.com:
DENVER — Two wolves roamed separately into the southern end of Colorado’s Front Range mountains in February, passing through watersheds west of Pueblo and Colorado Springs, a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows.
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Colorado wolf depredation claims double state budget with more to come
From Coloradoan.com:
More than $700,000 in wolf depredation claims by ranchers in 2025 have been recommended for approval by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, doubling the amount budgeted by the state.‘
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Swiss wolf swims 1.5km across Lake Lucerne
From SwissInfo.ch:
A wolf swam 1.5 kilometres across lake Lucerne, becoming the first such animal to be documented displaying this behaviour in Switzerland.
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Influential Outdoorsman Says Wolves Cost Western States More Than Tourism Brings In
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
It’s commonly argued that wolves are worth millions to the economies of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, because they’re such tourist magnets.
However, others think that wolves ultimately drain more from the states’ economies than they bring in, because of losses to big game herds and livestock industry, as well as the massive legal fees that states incur fighting lawsuits from wolf advocate groups.
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USU Ecologists Offer Expert Perspective About Gray Wolves Found in Cache Valley
From USU.edu:
State officials recently killed three gray wolves near Avon, Utah, in the southwestern corner of Cache County. Wildlife ecology experts from the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University answered questions about wolves in Utah.
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Bills to ignore the Endangered Species Act so ranchers can kill endangered wolves advance
From AZMirror.com:
Republican bills that would allow the endangered Mexican gray wolf to be killed and no longer be considered an endangered species won approval Tuesday in the Arizona House of Representatives.
Cattle ranchers have long sought to end protections for the Mexican gray wolf, whose most recent population estimate was 286, and they have been actively lobbying the Trump administration to delist the animal from the Endangered Species Act.
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Ten-year-old study, still ignored: Why stable packs kill fewer livestock
From WildBeimWild.com:
A study that should have had political consequences long ago is making headlines again – this time in the Italian press. Imbert et al. (2016), published in the renowned journal Biological Conservation, clearly demonstrated for northern Italy that roaming lone wolves and unstable groups cause far more livestock kills than settled, socially stable packs. Ten years later, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are still relying on culling, even though science recommends the opposite.
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I Was Asked to Investigate a Wolf Attack. Here’s What I Found
From OutdoorLife.com:
Frank Glaser, a legendary frontiersman and government trapper, spent nearly 40 years among wolves — and tracking down facts about wolf attacks. Here’s what he learned.
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The campaign to bring the Iberian wolf back to the Region of Murcia
From MurciaToday.com:
A national conservation group is calling on the Murcian regional government to look seriously at reintroducing the Iberian wolf, a species that disappeared from the Region in the early 20th century due to hunting, mining and the loss of natural habitat.
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