From NationalGeographic.com:
In a small town in Oregon when a father wolf went missing recently, no details were available about his death. All that’s known is that someone killed him, and, based on previous cases, it’s unlikely that the poacher will be apprehended.
After being hunted to eradication in Washington and Oregon in the 1930s and 1940s, the gray wolf’s recovery in these states has been slow. And decades after reintroductions and on-and-off federal protections, there are only about 430 individuals in both states combined. Now, they face another crisis: poaching.
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Ghost wolves: As Idaho aims to reduce its wolf population, advocates worry counts aren’t accurate
From IdahoCapitalSun.com:
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final installment of Howl, a five-part written series and podcast season produced in partnership between the Idaho Capital Sun, States Newsroom and Boise State Public Radio.
Thirty years after wolves were brought back from near extinction in the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the state of Idaho is back in the wolf-killing business. Based on direction from the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game is working to reduce the state’s wolf population by more than 60% over six years.
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Decade of [California] Wolf Management: CDFW Report Details Wolf Research, Conservation Efforts
From Wildlife.ca.gov:
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) today published a report summarizing its management and conservation activities for gray wolves (Canis lupus) over the past 10 years.
“Ten Years of Gray Wolf Conservation and Management in California: 2015-2024” details CDFW’s wolf conservation and management efforts, including wolf monitoring techniques, wolf-livestock depredation investigations, wolf captures and population data for the state’s wolf packs known through 2024, including the minimum number of individuals, breeding pairs and litters produced.
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By the numbers: What Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s second annual wolf report reveals about restoration
From SteamboatPilot.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife released its second annual report on wolves, providing an overview of the agency’s management, monitoring, conflict mitigation and research as it reintroduces the animal in Colorado.
The report covers the second biological wolf year, only including activities between April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025. This means the document does not include recent livestock attacks, new denning activity and five additional wolf deaths, including Parks and Wildlife’s lethal removal of a Copper Creek yearling after chronic depredation activity in Pitkin County.
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Colorado’s top wildlife official says relocating livestock-killing wolves was necessary for restoration efforts
From ColoradoSun.com:
Colorado’s top wildlife official Monday defended a decision to move a wolf that had attacked livestock in Grand County to Pitkin County with her pack and indicated the wolves would not be moved again — or killed — to protect livestock grazing a quarter-mile from the den in Old Snowmass anytime soon.
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Wolves have made a remarkable recovery in the U.S. So why are they being killed?
From NationalGeographic.com:
In a small town in Oregon when a father wolf went missing recently, no details were available about his death. All that’s known is that someone killed him, and, based on previous cases, it’s unlikely that the poacher will be apprehended.
After being hunted to eradication in Washington and Oregon in the 1930s and 1940s, the gray wolf’s recovery in these states has been slow. And decades after reintroductions and on-and-off federal protections, there are only about 430 individuals in both states combined. Now, they face another crisis: poaching.
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[New Mexico] Ranchers Push for Mexican Gray Wolf Delisting
From OklahomaFarmReport.com:
Today, the Public Lands Council (PLC) and the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association (NMCGA) announced their support for the Enhancing Safety for Animals (ESA) Act. Introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ), the ESA Act would delist the Mexican gray wolf and separate the populations in the U.S. and Mexico, allowing for proper management of the species.
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‘Demonised’: Polish scientists warn of fear mongering about wolves
From Phys.org:
Scientist Roman Gula showed images of wolves filmed in a nearby forest with hidden cameras to locals in the Polish town of Konskie, assuring them they pose no threat. The professor has been monitoring a wolf pack in the region—midway between Warsaw and Krakow—for years.
“Wolves have recolonized Polish forests,” he declared proudly to people gathered in a community hall. Having almost gone extinct in the 1950s because of hunting and war, the country is now home to some 3,600 wolves—one of Europe’s largest populations after the species made a remarkable comeback.
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Human-wolf interactions create growing alarm [in Italy]: ISPRA protocol
From CacciaPassione:
The increase in population of the Lupo in Europe has also affected the Italian territory. The rapid recovery of the Italian wolf population has meant an increase in the number of individuals, confirmed by the results of the national survey conducted by ISPRA in the years 2020-21, and the spread of the species in many areas from which it had become extinct, including areas with a high human presence.
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Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction plan costs $2.2 million more than expected, agency says
From CBSNews.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife told an interim legislative committee it has spent about $3 million to relocate 30 wolves to the state over the last two years. That’s more than double what voters were told it would cost when they approved wolf reintroduction in 2020.
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Mexican gray wolves are moved from Cochise County [Arizona] as locals seek end to species protection
From AZCentral.com:
A group of neighbors gathered on rancher Ed Ashurt’s property in the early morning light to see with their own eyes the helicopters flying towards the Peloncillo Mountains. Since the pack of endangered Mexican gray wolves was released into the wild last spring, ranchers in Cochise County have wanted them removed.
On May 27, after months of the wolves attacking their cattle, the day had finally come.
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