From The Aspen Times:
As Colorado continues the voter-mandated reintroduction of gray wolves, the state is continuing to refine and improve its process for preventing, investigating, and reporting livestock losses from the predator. This could include changes to how it publicly reports wolf attacks on livestock.
Since Colorado Parks and Wildlife began the gray wolf restoration in December 2023, it has confirmed 51 events of wolf predation on livestock, according to its online tracker.
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Renewed popularity of wolf documentary reveals China’s ongoing commitment to biodiversity and wetland protection
From Global Times:
In recent months, a documentary released in 2017, Return to the Wolves, has seen a surge of renewed attention years after its release, bringing wolves – a species native to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau – back into the public eye.
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We are facing unprovoked attack on Mexican wolves
From Arizona Capitol Times:
On Jan. 22, the House Natural Resources Committee overwhelmingly approved Rep. Paul Gosar’s “Enhancing Safety for Animals” bill. It would remove Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection from Mexican wolves, the smallest, shyest and most endangered wolf subspecies.
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Colorado’s ‘out of control’ costs tied to wolf attacks on livestock come under fire by lawmaker
From The Aspen Times:
As Colorado continues the voter-mandated reintroduction of gray wolves, the state is continuing to refine and improve its process for preventing, investigating, and reporting livestock losses from the predator. This could include changes to how it publicly reports wolf attacks on livestock.
Since Colorado Parks and Wildlife began the gray wolf restoration in December 2023, it has confirmed 51 events of wolf predation on livestock, according to its online tracker.
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Wolf spotted in Truckee, officials said
From KOLO 8 News Now:
TRUCKEE, Calif. (KOLO) – A wolf has been spotted on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife tracking map in the Truckee area, according to a Sunday, Feb. 1, Truckee Police and Town of Truckee Facebook post.
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Gray wolves are hunting sea otters – but we still don’t know how
From earth.com:
Have you ever imagined a wolf diving into the ocean to hunt? On a remote island in Alaska, this surprising scene is becoming real.
Gray wolves on Prince of Wales Island have started hunting sea otters, an animal usually linked with kelp forests and coastal waters, not forests and predators with paws.
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International Wolf Center mourns the loss of Grayson the wolf
From WDIO:
Grayson had come to the International Wolf Center as a puppy with his brother Axel in 2016. Now, nearly ten years later, the International Wolf Center is learning to cope with Grayson’s death.
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Bears, cougars and wolves: CRD pilot project captures carnivore count
From Sooke News Mirror:
The Capital Regional District has a horde of images and videos it plans to share with the public this summer, gathered as part of its pilot program to monitor wildlife in a trio of parks. The CRD large carnivore monitoring program, started in January 2025, gathered data on bears, cougars and wolves in East Sooke, Matheson Lake and Roche Cove parks. The three were selected as a connected landscape of “high value habitat,” staff explained, presenting its information to the Parks Committee on Jan. 29.
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The federal government demanded answers from Colorado about its wolf management decisions. Here’s a list of what the state sent in response.
From Vail Daily:
In a Dec. 18 letter, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave Parks and Wildlife 30 days to submit: a complete reporting of all gray wolf conservation and management activities that have occurred from Dec. 12, 2023, until the present as well as anarrative summary and all associated documents describing Parks and Wildlife’s January 2025 release of wolves imported from Canada and any more releases, including its recent release of a wolf from a pack with a confirmed history of repeated depredation.
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Sierra Valley wolves are back, efforts to not have a repeat of last year
From 2 News Nevada:
Last year, Sierra Valley ranchers were dealt one of the worst hands imaginable.
“Last year was terrible,” said Rick Roberti, Sierra Valley rancher. “I relate it to COVID—when we went through COVID, everything was just confusing. Every day was hard, and people were getting hurt every day. And yet there weren’t any solutions. There weren’t any answers.”
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Wolf reintroduction paused, legislation advances
From Wyoming Livestock Roundup:
On Jan. 21, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced a decision to pause gray wolf reintroduction efforts for the remainder of the current release season.
Industry groups including the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and ranchers across the West have welcomed the pause while continuing to call for ongoing policy reform.
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