DEFENDERS CELEBRATES NEW RECORD FOR MEXICAN GRAY WOLF CROSS-FOSTERING PROGRAM

May 31st: It is crucial not only to enhance the genetic diversity of the wild population but also to remove artificial boundaries that hinder the wolves from accessing other secure habitats in the region. By doing so, we can greatly enhance the wolves’ chances of successful recovery.


DANIEL RESIDENTS TARGETED IN WOLF INCIDENT-RELATED DEATH THREATS

May 30th, Wyoming: On Saturday, May 25, a motorcycle rally that was organized to protest the alleged torture and killing of a wolf in Daniel, remained peaceful, although local residents continue to receive an alarming amount of death threats.


YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK’S OLDEST WOLF GAVE BIRTH TO 3 PUPS THIS SPRING

May 30th: Wolf 907 has lived nearly four times the average lifespan of a wolf, and just gave birth to her 10th litter of pups.


BLAME GAME HEATS UP OVER WHETHER WYOMING WOLVES ARE KILLING COLORADO CATTLE

May 29th, Colorado: Since wolves were reintroduced in Colorado last year, the blame game over whether that state's 10 new predators are killing ranchers' cattle or if Wyoming wolves are ranging south has gained steam.


CPW CONFIRMS WOLF KILLED JACKSON COUNTY CALF; ANOTHER KILLED BY EXHAUSTION

May 28th: A calf was killed in Jackson County on May 25, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and a wolf is to blame.


NATIONAL WOLF ADVOCATES ARE MET WITH STOCK TRAILERS AND FRUSTRATED LOCALS IN DANIEL

May 27th: On Sunday morning the sleepy town of Daniel, Wyoming, population 108, was anything but.


FISHING WITH WOLVES: NEW EXHIBIT EXPLORES WHAT THE PREDATORS EAT IN SUMMER

May 26th, Minnesota: A new exhibit at the International Wolf Center in Ely explores how wolves survive during the summer months, a tougher time to bring down their usual prey.


$25K REWARD OFFERED FOR INFO ON POISONINGS OF 3 GRAY WOLVES, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES IN OR

May 24th, Oregon: U.S. Fish and Wildlife is offering a $25,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest, criminal conviction or civil penalty assessment.


TWS PRESIDENT LANKA URGES WYOMING TO ADDRESS WOLF LAWS

May 23rd, Wyoming: TWS President Bob Lanka testified in front of a Wyoming legislative committee asking lawmakers to address statutes that allow residents to kill or harass wolves from snowmobiles and other motorized vehicles in most of the state.


LIVESTOCK ATTACKS BECOME FLASH POINT IN COLORADO’S WOLF RESTORATION EFFORT

May 23rd, Colorado: The killings have become a flash point in the restoration and ignited a high-stakes debate about wolf management and the question of lethal control.


NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE RALLY FOR TORTURED WOLF RAISES $100K AS IT CLOSES IN ON WYOMING

May 22nd, Wyoming: The Harley-Davidson dealership in Green River will welcome a national motorcycle rally called 'Hogs For Hope' on Saturday in honor of the wolf that was tortured in February. The rally will end Sunday in Daniel. It’s raised $100,000 so far.


MAINE’S WOLF HISTORY IS STILL A HOT TOPIC

May 19th, Maine: Wolves were commonplace when settlers first came to Maine.


WOLF FOUND DEAD ON A ROAD IN ANTWERP PROVINCE

May 18th, Belgium: A wandering wolf, often seen on social media, has been found dead in Zoersel, Belgium.


YELLOWSTONE'S 11-YEAR-OLD 1-EYED WOLF JUST HAD ANOTHER LITTER OF PUPS

May 18th: Wolf 907F in Yellowstone has lived an unprecedented 11 years, which is more than three times the average lifespan of a wolf. Along the way, she's given birth to multiple litters and lost her left eye. And she just became a mom again.


NEW EXHIBIT TO OPEN AT INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER

May 17th, Michigan: The International Wolf Center in Ely is opening a new exhibit: Starvation, Adaptation, and Survival.


COLLATERAL DAMAGE: NE OREGON WOLF POISONINGS – A FELONY – HAVE ALSO CLAIMED SEVERAL OTHER WILDLIFE AND DOGS


May 16th, Oregon: The target was likely a wolf, the latest poisoning in a disturbing trend that has killed 19 wolves in Oregon since 2015. 



WYOMING LEGISLATIVE GROUP WILL CONSIDER RESPONSE TO WOLF TORTURE

May 15th: Legislators agreed Wednesday to study possible reform of the state’s wildlife policy in light of the wolf torture earlier this year. But one lawmaker urged restraint so not to "accommodate out-of-state people who don’t have much common sense."


COUNTY CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF WOLF RELEASES AMID MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES

May 14th, Colorado: Mesa County has formally requested Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) through a letter to cease further wolf releases until the management and compensation processes associated with gray wolf reintroduction efforts improve.


CPW IDENTIFIES WOLF MOST LIKELY KILLED BY A MOUNTAIN LION

May 14th, Colorado: A necropsy found the likely reason one of Colorado's reintroduced wolves died in Larimer County, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.


SUSPECTED WOLF PACK SIGHTING IN NV TURNS OUT TO BE COYOTES

May 13th, Nevada: Wildlife managers in Nevada confirmed Monday that a possible wolf pack sighting north of Elko months earlier was, in fact, a pack of coyotes.


ANOTHER COW DEATH REPORTED AT RANCH WHERE 5 CATTLE WERE KILLED BY WOLVES

May 13th: The cow was killed on the same ranch where four yearling cattle deaths were reported in April, according to the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association.


OFFICIALS CONFIRM ANOTHER WOLF DEPREDATION IN GRAND COUNTY

May 13th, Colorado: Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed that one yearling heifer was killed by a wolf or wolves in Grand County. CPW confirmed this most recent depredation on Saturday, May 11.


NOT OPPOSED TO SHOOTING PREDATORS, FORMER COLORADO RANCHER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST WYOMING WOLF KILLING

May 11th, Colorado: Grey Bear does not in any way support how a Wyoming man acted in February after running down a juvenile grey wolf with his snowmobile before deciding to muzzle the animal and parade it around a local bar in the town of Daniel before killing it later that evening.


IDAHO'S WOLF KILLINGS DECLINE AS BOARD ADVANCES PRIVATE CONTRACTS

May 10th, Idaho: The number of wolves killed in Idaho this past year is down.


HOUGHTON RESEARCHERS SEE SLIGHT INCREASE IN ISLE ROYALE’S WOLF POPULATION

May 8th, Michigan: According to Michigan Technological University’s annual wolf count, the wolf population on Isle Royale is slightly increasing.


WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY: DOES CANADA NEED TO CULL WOLVES TO SAVE ‘BABY REINDEER’?

May 8th, Canada: “Shooting wolves to save another species is an incredibly difficult decision,” Clayton Lamb, wildlife scientist and study author told CBC News.


WOLF PUP FOSTERING CONTINUES; PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL

May 8th: Fostering Mexican grey wolf pups started in 2016, with the first male from this batch becoming the celebrated 100th fostered pup.


BOEBERT’S BILL TO REMOVE PROTECTIONS FROM GRAY WOLF PASSES HOUSE

May 7th: Flashpoint issue is a demonstration of the rural and urban divide.


RED WOLF RAISED AT WASHINGTON STATE SANCTUARY JOINS WILD PACK, SIRES 8 PUPS

May 7th, Washington: An endangered American red wolf born and raised in a Washington state sanctuary and released into the wild earlier this year in North Carolina has fathered a litter of eight pups, doubling the size of his adopted pack.


WISCONSIN JUDGE DISMISSES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING STATE'S NEW WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN

May 7th, Wisconsin: A lawsuit filed by animal welfare advocates seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan was dismissed by a judge on Monday.


GAME AND FISH’S ANNUAL GRAY WOLF REPORT SHOWS POPULATION IS UP IN WYOMING

May 7th, Wyoming: The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) released their annual Gray wolf report this week.


WISCONSIN JUDGE DISMISSES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING STATE’S NEW WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN

May 6th: A lawsuit filed by animal welfare advocates seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan was dismissed by a judge on Monday.


NEW WILD LITTER OF RED WOLF PUPS CONFIRMED IN ALLIGATOR RIVER REFUGE

May 5th, North Carolina: On April 18, the Red Wolf Recovery Program confirmed the birth of a wild litter of Red Wolf pups in the Milltail area of Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.


NORTHERN MINNESOTA FIELD HEARING HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR WOLF DELISTING

May 3rd: Today, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Chairman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) and U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) hosted an oversight field hearing on the gray wolf population, the species' successful recovery and the need for its removal from the endangered species list.


COLORADO RANCHERS TO RECEIVE $20K IN NONLETHAL WOLF DETERRENCE

May 2nd, Colorado: As ranchers in Grand County, Colorado, grapple with navigating calving season and newly introduced wolves, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Department of Agriculture say they’re working to support non-lethal predator control.


ENDANGERED RED WOLF KILLED BY VEHICLE ON US 64 IN EAST LAKE

May 2nd, North Carolina: Officials say a 2-year-old wild male red wolf was killed April 15 by a vehicle strike on U.S. Highway 64 in the East Lake area of Dare County.


WILDEARTH GUARDIANS: GREENS APPLAUD TRANSLOCATION OF MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES TO SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA

May 1st, Arizona: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service translocated a Mexican gray wolf family back to the wild in southeastern Arizona on Monday, a move conservation groups are celebrating as a successful step in lobo recovery.


WOLF KILLERS SEEK TO ENHANCE STANDING WITH PEERS

May 1st, Wyoming: The incident in which Cody Roberts, of Wyoming, tortured and killed a wolf has received a great deal of media attention.