From Futura-Sciences.com:
In 1989, media mogul Ted Turner purchased the 113,613 acre Flying D Ranch southwest of Bozeman, Montana. He removed all domestic cattle and introduced a managed herd of bison across the native grasslands. When wolves dispersed from Yellowstone National Park seven years later, Turner instructed his staff not to shoot them, even if they preyed on his livestock.
His decision tested whether a commercial ranching operation and wild apex predators could coexist on private Western land.
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Ted Turner took the cows off his Montana ranch in 1989. Then Yellowstone’s wolves moved in, and he ordered that none be shot
From Futura-Sciences.com:
In 1989, media mogul Ted Turner purchased the 113,613 acre Flying D Ranch southwest of Bozeman, Montana. He removed all domestic cattle and introduced a managed herd of bison across the native grasslands. When wolves dispersed from Yellowstone National Park seven years later, Turner instructed his staff not to shoot them, even if they preyed on his livestock.
His decision tested whether a commercial ranching operation and wild apex predators could coexist on private Western land.
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Native Wolves Reintroduced to Appalachian Trail States to Curb Thru-Hiker Overpopulation
From TheTrek.co:
HARPER’S FERRY, WV – Wildlife officials and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy announced the reintroduction of native wolves to key stretches of the Appalachian Trail today, in what experts are lauding as an impressive conservation partnership between the Conservancy, eastern trail organizations, and key government agencies.
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Voyageurs National Park: wolf population has fallen by 44 per cent since 2023 because prey is lacking
From WildBeimWild.com:
In the area around Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota, there are fewer wolves than at any time since research began twelve years ago. The population has fallen for the third year in a row, by a total of 44 per cent since 2023. There is no kill quota there. The cause is the food supply.
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Google illegally cut down 250K trees in Finland for data center, driving wolves into villages and infuriating locals: report
From NYPost.com:
Google illegally demolished an estimated 250,000 trees in Finland to make way for a data center, leaving behind a lifeless mud wasteland that forced packs of wolves into a nearby town in search of food and infuriated locals, according to a report.
The tech super giant – continuing its expansion of the booming artificial intelligence industry – cleared 816 acres of woodlands in Northern Finland, The Guardian reported Thursday.
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Buena Vista’s wildlife manager talks lions, bears, wolves
From ChaffeeCountyTimes.com:
A late spring freeze followed by a summer of drought left bears throughout northern Chaffee County struggling to find food this year, driving an unusual number into Buena Vista neighborhoods, homes and vehicles, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife District Wildlife Manager Kevin Madler.
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New York’s New Wildlife Plan Adds 269 Plants but Skips Wolves and Cougars
From Hoodline.com:
New York has finalized its State Wildlife Action Plan for 2025 through 2035, a decade-spanning blueprint that for the first time adds 269 native plants to its list of species needing conservation — but still leaves out wolves, cougars and Canada lynx, animals some conservationists say belong on the list.
The revised plan identifies 570 species of greatest conservation need statewide, including 147 considered high priority.
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Wisconsin gray wolf populations face new threats in heat of ESA changes
From The Daily Cardinal:
President Trump signed an Executive Order called Supporting America’s Ranchers Sept. 4, 2026, directing the Secretary of Interior to determine if gray and Mexican wolves have met recovery criteria for delisting or downlisting on the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The order also calls for legislative recommendations to remove or reduce ESA protections for wolves.
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In New Advertising Campaign, Animal Wellness Action Calls Out Tom Tiffany for Strange Obsession with Wolf Killing
From AnimalWellnessAction.org:
Animal Wellness Action announced an independent expenditure against U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race, calling him out for “pushing wolf trapping and hunting in Madison and Washington” as “Wisconsin families worry about grocery bills and health care costs.”
The organization also noted that Tiffany’s promotion of extreme anti-wolf policies in Wisconsin has been a case of self-sabotage, with the federal courts recognizing that Wisconsin does not have appropriate state controls in place to prevent wholesale killing of wolves.
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Wolf euthanized following attack in Northern Sask.[Canada]
From BattlefordsNow.com:
A wolf attack near a northern mine site has had the public on edge in recent days.
According to information provided by the Ministry of Community Safety and Cameco, a contractor was attacked by a wolf in a remote area in Northern Saskatchewan along Highway 914 on Oct. 17.
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[Missouri] Endangered Wolf Center Celebrates a Decade of Wolf Pup Fostering
From AZA.org:
This year, the Endangered Wolf Center (EWC) in St. Louis, Mo., celebrates a decade of helping give Mexican wolf pups born in human care a chance to grow up in the wild.
Since becoming the first facility to foster Mexican wolf pups into wild dens in 2016, the EWC has successfully placed 56 EWC-born pups with wild wolf families in New Mexico and Arizona—strengthening the genetic diversity and long-term recovery of one of North America’s most endangered mammals.
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