From SacBee.com:
California’s wolf population was about 10% higher at the end of 2025 than the year before, despite the deaths of at least 12 animals, including four that were euthanized after attacking livestock, underscoring the state’s growing difficulties in managing protected predators.
There were 55 wolves in California by last December, up from 50 the year before, but down significantly from the previous estimate of 60 to 70 wolves in nine packs across the Sierra Nevada and other regions, according to a report released Thursday by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. But the number of successful breeding pairs — defined as mates that produced at least two pups that survived an entire year — declined from five to three, the report shows.
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Italy pushes hunting reform with relaxations for wolf, ibex and wild birds
From WildBeimWild.com:
Italy’s Senate is pushing forward a hunting reform that downgrades the wolf, opens ibex, wild goose and feral pigeon to being killed, and criminalises civil disobedience against hobby hunting.
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The Chernobyl exclusion zone is now one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries in Europe
From SpaceDaily.com:
The gray wolf population inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has undergone a dramatic resurgence over the four decades following the nuclear catastrophe. According to researchers tracking the area, wolf populations are seven times higher than they were before the accident because there is less human pressure.
This accidental sanctuary highlights a stark, counterintuitive reality: the complete removal of modern human industrial activity has allowed apex predators and large mammals to flourish in a landscape once defined entirely by ruin.
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Four calves killed in northern Luxembourg since last week
From Today.RTL.lu:
While farmers in northern Luxembourg believe a wolf has killed four calves since last week, the Nature and Forest Agency has yet to carry out analyses to officially confirm the cause.
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Indian and Tibetan wolves found to have important, ancient genetics
From DowntoEarth.org:
Wolves of the Indian subcontinent, both the Indian (Canis lupus pallipes) and Tibetan (Canis lupus Chanco) exhibit an unexpectedly large amount of unique genetic variation, according to a new study by Rice University in the United States.
Rice University professor Lauren Hennelly and her team, which includes scientists from 11 countries, collected and analysed DNA from wolves across Asia.
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Northern Minnesota research project aims to give insight into wolf pup survival
From MSN.com:
One by one, researchers pulled seven wolf pups out of a den near Cloquet, Minnesota. Each got a collar as part of an ongoing research project on wolf populations.
“It’s so close to home that it just feels really more important because this is the community that I live in and this is the wildlife around me,” Cloquet High School student Melanie Buhls said.
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Navigating The [Wisconsin] Wolf Damage Loss Reimbursement Process
From Q106.com:
With calving and lambing season underway, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) would like to remind livestock producers in Wisconsin of the wolf damage loss reimbursement process.
During this time of year, producers may see increased wolf presence around their livestock or encounter a livestock depredation in their pastures that they suspect was caused by wolves. Producers may wonder what options they may have to deal with these conflicts.
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Hunters face $10,000 fines as [Wyoming] limit suddenly slashed in HALF over population concerns
From The-Sun.com:
Hunters could face fines of up to $10,000 if they break strict rules tied to a newly slashed bag limit. Wildlife officials are changing stipulations after a disease outbreak drove numbers to their lowest point in two decades.
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Pure wolves will likely never return to Maine
From BangorDailyNews.com:
As anyone who spends any time in the Maine woods knows, our coyote populations are plentiful and thriving despite recreational and programmed efforts to control these highly efficient predators.
And interestingly, there were no coyotes in Maine at one time. But what about wolves in Maine?
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Quiet drive home turns unsettling after wolf appears near La Pine [Oregon]
From YahooNews.com:
A rare wolf sighting on a road near La Pine, Oregon, is highlighting a growing reality in Central Oregon.
As development pushes farther into wild areas and wolf populations continue to recover, encounters between people and apex predators are becoming harder to avoid, according to KTVZ.
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California wolf numbers rose in 2025, wildlife officials say, but breeding pairs fell
From SacBee.com:
California’s wolf population was about 10% higher at the end of 2025 than the year before, despite the deaths of at least 12 animals, including four that were euthanized after attacking livestock, underscoring the state’s growing difficulties in managing protected predators.
There were 55 wolves in California by last December, up from 50 the year before, but down significantly from the previous estimate of 60 to 70 wolves in nine packs across the Sierra Nevada and other regions, according to a report released Thursday by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. But the number of successful breeding pairs — defined as mates that produced at least two pups that survived an entire year — declined from five to three, the report shows.
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