From HumaneWorld.org:
For centuries, extermination was the law of the land for gray wolves in the United States. Driven by fear and ill-informed traditions, hunters, farmers, ranchers, and state and federal employees shot them. Trapped them. Poisoned them. They burned pups in their dens. In Minnesota, the last place in the contiguous U.S. where wolves hung on in significant numbers, the state dropped strychnine-laced meat from airplanes and, as late as 1965, offered a bounty of $35 per dead wolf. The number of wolves fell to 700 or fewer, all in the state’s remote northeast corner.
The species, an estimated 2 million in North America at the time of European colonization, looked as if they might disappear from the lower 48 states. But in 1973, the Endangered Species Act passed with bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Richard Nixon, granting gray wolves protection.
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Photographers capture stunning images of incredibly rare creatures roaming US terrain: ‘I am thrilled’
From TheCooldown.com:
Red wolves are the most endangered wolf species on the planet, with only an estimated 25 wolves remaining in the wild (although around 241 are kept at captive breeding facilities in a conservation effort to revitalize the species).
Due to their rarity, few people have seen them in the wild, but one Instagrammer managed not only to do just that but also to capture the experience on camera.
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French first as black wolf pack confirmed as living in Var
From ConnexionFrance.com:
A pack of black wolves has been confirmed to be roaming in France after researchers studied the animals for several years in the Var department.
The distinctly-coloured group is the first of its kind in modern France. A female ‘alpha’ wolf with a black coat was first spotted in the Sainte-Baume massif in 2021 and subsequently mated with a more common-looking grey wolf. Out of six pups born to the couple, four also developed a black coat.
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Wolf spotted roaming through German city centre
From Yahoo.com:
German police have spotted a wolf in the western city of Lüdenscheid, in what is believed to be the first sighting of its kind in the area. Officers noticed the wolf near the train station early on Saturday as it was walking through the city centre, a police spokesman said on Monday.
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Proposed ESA rollbacks could limit future habitat for Mexican wolves
From KUNM.org:
Late last month, the Trump administration proposed to roll back specific Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that would, among other changes, severely limit the designation of critical habitat for species on the path to extinction.
While the move is being praised by some industry sectors, conservationists are alarmed about the future of many species in the Southwest – including the genetically vulnerable and endangered Mexican gray wolf.
What is critical habitat?
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Nightly Battles and Big Losses: [California] Ranchers Demand Reform as Wolves Continue to Wreak Havoc
From Drovers.com:
It’s hard to fathom: 92 confirmed or probable kills of cattle by three wolves during one season (April to October 2025) in the Sierra Valley. For ranchers, it’s more than economical loss — the emotional toll of dealing with wolves targeting their livestock and livelihoods is real.
Reintroduction and management of wolves in Sierra County, Calif., has led to significant challenges. The community, led by officials such as Paul Roen, has been actively pushing for updated management protocols, enhanced deterrence measures and better support from state and federal agencies to address the escalating wolf-livestock conflict.
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Coexistence-Stories from Wolf Country
From EyeOnSunVally.com:
The day before Halloween, Suzanne Asha Stone presented a discussion of how the future of conservation lies not in control, but in collaboration, with nature as she discussed the Wood River Wolf Project with biology and conservation students at Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
This week she returns home to tell Wood River Valley residents about the wolves who make their home in the hills and valleys surrounding Sun Valley.
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Public attitudes toward wolves split in the Upper Peninsula
From DailyPress.net:
LANSING – Public attitudes toward wolves are split in the Upper Peninsula, a new study finds, with more than 60% of residents surveyed favoring reducing wolf abundance, motivated mostly by worry about risks to livestock, white-tailed deer and human safety.
However, those who valued the ecological role of wolves were less likely to support cutting their numbers, according to the study, “Social and Ecological Influences on Human Coexistence with Gray Wolves,” in the journal Conservation Science and Practice.
Are deer hunters in Minnesota poaching wolves on the side?
From Yahoo.com:
Very few Minnesota deer hunters are wolf poachers. But a significant number of wolves are illegally killed during the deer-hunting season. The University of Minnesota’s Voyageurs Wolf Project on Friday shared a graphic image showing a dead wolf on the snow with a bullet hole in its side. The social-media post emphasized that “it is not fair or accurate to characterize all hunters as poachers.”
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The Endangered Species Act under fire again: What’s at stake
From HumaneWorld.org:
For centuries, extermination was the law of the land for gray wolves in the United States. Driven by fear and ill-informed traditions, hunters, farmers, ranchers, and state and federal employees shot them. Trapped them. Poisoned them. They burned pups in their dens. In Minnesota, the last place in the contiguous U.S. where wolves hung on in significant numbers, the state dropped strychnine-laced meat from airplanes and, as late as 1965, offered a bounty of $35 per dead wolf. The number of wolves fell to 700 or fewer, all in the state’s remote northeast corner.
The species, an estimated 2 million in North America at the time of European colonization, looked as if they might disappear from the lower 48 states. But in 1973, the Endangered Species Act passed with bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Richard Nixon, granting gray wolves protection.
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“They Usually Aren’t Second Tier”: When Wolves Adopt Pups From Rival Packs
From IFLScience.com:
Nature, as majestic as it is, can be extremely cruel – especially to stepchildren. Lions that take over an existing pride make infanticide the first order of business; dolphins kill off unrelated calves specifically so they can mate with the mother; heck, even in humans, a new partner is more likely than the biological parent they’re replacing to kill or seriously injure a child.
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