Latest Wolves News
Gray wolves hadn’t been seen in south Michigan since the 1900s. This winter, a local hunter shot one
MARSHALL, Mich. (AP) — 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...
Wolf kills a calf in Colorado, the first confirmed kill after the predator's reintroduction
DENVER (AP) — A wolf has killed a calf in Colorado, wildlife officials said Wednesday, confirming the first livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the aggrievement of the state's rural residents. Colorado Parks and Wildlife...
Gov. Evers vetoes $3 billion Republican tax cut, wolf hunting plan, DEI loyalty ban
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed 41 bills passed by the Republican-led Legislature on Friday — rejecting a $3 billion Republican tax cut, political loyalty pledges for higher education employees, and a plan setting how many wolves can be hunted each year. ...
Mexico City residents help cops chase down a loose wolf
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents and schoolkids in Mexico City helped squads of police in a long-winded pursuit of a wolf loose in one of the city's neighborhoods, authorities said. Citizens and police officers chased the animal on foot and on motorbikes in the north-side...
Mexican gray wolves boost their numbers, but a lack of genetic diversity remains a threat
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S. is still growing, but environmental groups are warning that inbreeding and the resulting genetic crisis within the endangered species will continue to be a threat to long-term survival. The...
$50K award offered for information about deaths of 3 endangered gray wolves in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal agency is offering a $50,000 reward for information about the deaths of three endangered gray wolves from the same pack in southern Oregon. The collars from two gray wolves sent a mortality signal Dec. 29. State wildlife officials responded and found...
US won't restore protections for wolves in Rockies, proposes national recovery plan
Federal wildlife officials on Friday rejected requests from conservation groups to restore protections for gray wolves across the northern U.S Rocky Mountains, saying the predators are in no danger of extinction as some states seek to reduce their numbers through hunting. The U.S...
Warm weather forces park officials to suspend Isle Royale wolf count for first time in decades
A stretch of unusually warm weather has forced federal officials to suspend researchers' annual wolf-moose count in Isle Royale National Park for the first time in more than six decades. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre (54,200-hectare) island situated in far western Lake Superior...
Wisconsin Assembly approves a bill mandating a limit on the wolf population, sends proposal to Evers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans sent a bill to Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday that would mandate state wildlife managers set a cap on the state's wolf population, forcing the governor to choose between pleasing conservationists who want to protect the creatures and farmers who say wolves...
Wolves at a Dutch national park can be shot with paintball guns to scare them off, a court has ruled
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court ruled Wednesday that authorities can use paintball guns to shoot at wolves in a popular national park to scare them after at least one of the animals began approaching human visitors. The decision was a victory for the eastern province of...
