From Carlsbad Current Argus:
Federal wildlife managers in February opted to not list a segment of gray wolf populations in the northern Rocky Mountains as endangered, triggering a lawsuit this week by conservation groups including one from New Mexico that argued a listing would help prevent extinction amid efforts to rebuild the species in the state.
The gray wolf is listed as endangered in New Mexico and 44 other states, affording it federal protections in those states, and managed by state agencies in the other six states, mostly in the northern Rockies. Groups advocated to list a distinct population segment (DPS) in those states for added federal protections but were denied by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which argued the species’ distribution and numbers meant it was not in danger of extinction in that area.
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More details on wolf shot in southern Michigan, the first sighting in a century
From Outdoor News:
An animal a Michigan hunter thought was a big coyote when he shot it in January has been determined to be a gray wolf, the first time the species has been found in southern Michigan in more than a century, wildlife officials say.
The hunter shot the wolf in Calhoun County, in the southern reaches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, while taking part in legal coyote hunting while accompanied by a guide, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said.
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Lawsuit calls for gray wolf protections in the American West. Could it affect New Mexico?
From Carlsbad Current Argus:
Federal wildlife managers in February opted to not list a segment of gray wolf populations in the northern Rocky Mountains as endangered, triggering a lawsuit this week by conservation groups including one from New Mexico that argued a listing would help prevent extinction amid efforts to rebuild the species in the state.
The gray wolf is listed as endangered in New Mexico and 44 other states, affording it federal protections in those states, and managed by state agencies in the other six states, mostly in the northern Rockies. Groups advocated to list a distinct population segment (DPS) in those states for added federal protections but were denied by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which argued the species’ distribution and numbers meant it was not in danger of extinction in that area.
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Outrage after US hunter who reportedly took wolf in bar and killed it only fined
From The Guardian:
A Wyoming hunter who reportedly ran over a gray wolf with a snowmobile, taped the creature’s mouth shut, took a picture with it inside a local bar and then shot it to death behind the tavern has ignited calls for stiffer penalties in such an egregious case of animal abuse.
Cody Roberts, 42, is at the center of the uproar after being ticketed and fined a couple of hundred dollars for illegally possessing the wolf while it was still alive – but so far going unpunished for the manner in which he is said to have killed the animal.
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Black Wolf Photographed For The First Time In India, Here Is Why It Is Concerning
From India Times:
While they look stunning, BH Lab said that the animals are the result of hybridisation with dogs.
“Double Trouble – this is the first photograph of pure black wolf from India. An indication of hybridisation with dogs. Time to worry about the species, the numbers are so low, it may be real problem,” BH Labs said in a post on X.
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A Michigan Hunter Thought He Killed a Large Coyote. It Turned Out to Be an Endangered Gray Wolf
From Smithsonian Mag:
In January, a hunter shot and killed what he thought was a large coyote in southwest Michigan. Now, however, genetic testing has revealed that the animal was actually an endangered gray wolf—the first member of the species spotted in the region in at least a century, reports MLive.com’s Brad Devereaux.
It’s not clear how or why the animal ended up so far south. Michigan does have an established gray wolf (Canis lupus) population, but the creatures are located hundreds of miles away on the state’s Upper Peninsula. The Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula are separated by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, with only the Mackinac Bridge connecting them.
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Wolf kills calf in Jackson County
From 9News:
JACKSON COUNTY, Colorado — A calf found dead in northern Colorado was killed by a wolf, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.
CPW said they responded to “a report of a possible depredation incident” in Jackson County Sunday morning. Their field investigation found injuries on the calf “consistent with wolf depredation, including a partially consumed hindquarter.” Partial wolf tracks were also found in the area, CPW said.
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Conservation groups sue over gray wolf protections
From KTVH News:
HELENA — Ten conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court over the U.S. Fish and Wild Service’s (USFWS) decision not to return Endangered Species Act protections to gray wolves in the Northern Rockies.
In February, the USFWS said an assessment using “the best available science” found that gray wolf populations in the West were not at risk of extinction.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife to hold wolf meeting geared towards agriculture producers in Kremmling
From SkyHiNews:
As wolves roam Grand and its neighboring counties, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Colorado State University Extension Office will hold a meeting to inform livestock producers about living with wolves. The meeting, “Living with Wolves on Agriculture Lands,” will be held at the Kremmling CSU Extension Office on April 9 from 1-2:30 p.m.
At the meeting, attendees can meet with Parks and Wildlife staff and hear a presentation by Frank Garry, coordinator of integrated livestock management with CSU.
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Wyoming cites law to justify secrecy about wolf’s alleged torture, but it may not apply
From County 17:
Wyoming wildlife officials on Thursday released their first public statement about a wolf that was illegally taken captive and then subjected to alleged abuses that have generated outrage around the world.
The statement from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department stretched for only six sentences and included no names, dates or locations. The brevity and ambiguity were explained by a statute that the state agency summarized.
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Swiss farmers dump dead sheep in protest against rising wolf numbers
From The Guardian:
Farmers in Switzerland dumped the carcasses of sheep that were killed by wolves in front of a regional government building on Saturday as part of a protest to demand more action against the predators.
About a dozen breeders came from the Saint-Barthélemy area in the western Swiss canton of Vaud to lay 12 carcasses in front of Lausanne’s Chateau Saint-Maire, the regional government headquarters, AFP reported.
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