For the first time in four years, a litter of red wolf pups was born in the wild. The six pups were found in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina last week. The news brings hope for the species, which is currently listed as endangered. “As the sights and sounds of spring […]
The Biden administration has signalled that it will uphold the Trump administration‘s decision to strip gray wolves of Endangered Species Act protections, despite concerns about more aggressive hunting policies being adopted by some states. Administration lawyers asked a federal judge in California Friday to reject a lawsuit brought by environmental groups seeking to restore protections, […]
A new study found that as many as a third of Wisconsin’s gray wolves died from human hunting and the loss of federal protections under the Endangered Species Act. During Wisconsin’s first public wolf hunt in February, hunters killed 218 wolves, according to new research by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The hunt was not supposed […]
The state of Colorado just welcomed some very special babies. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced Wednesday that it had spotted at least three gray wolf pups in the wild, the first time gray wolves have been born in the state in more than 80 years. “Colorado is now home to our first wolf litter […]
A bill allowing hunters and private contractors to kill up to 90 percent of the state’s wolves passed the Idaho House on Tuesday. The measure also passed the Idaho Senate last week, which means that the fate of around 1,000 wolves now lies with Republican Gov. Brad Little. “If this horrific bill passes, Idaho could […]
A flurry of bills has recently been introduced to Montana’s state legislature that reduces restrictions on the killing of grizzly bears and wolves — two predators which have historically struggled to survive in the state. One such bill is SB 98, put forward by Republican Sen. Bruce Gillespie, which would expand the state law allowance […]
A new study has found that government protections can be live-saving for important predators like Mexican gray wolves. The research, published in the Royal Society Open Science Wednesday, found that members of the imperiled species were 121 percent more likely to disappear during periods when protections were weakened. “Protection is the thing that’s reducing poaching,” […]
An Oregon-born wolf named OR-93 has sparked conservation hopes with a historic journey into California. A young male, OR-93 traveled hundreds of miles from an area southeast of Mount Hood, Oregon, to California’s central Sierra Nevada mountain range, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced Friday. The agency said he traveled farther south […]
Wisconsin will end its controversial wolf hunt early after hunters and trappers killed almost 70 percent of the state’s quota in the hunt’s first 48 hours. By the end of Tuesday, the second day of the hunt, 82 wolves had been killed, The Associated Press reported. As of Wednesday morning, 135 had been killed, exceeding […]