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Social, family-oriented and highly adaptable—wolves have a lot in common with humans.

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WASHINGTON—Today, a federal judge overturned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s November 2020 decision to delist wolves across most of the continental United States. This decision will restore federal Endangered Species Act protections for these iconic carnivores in response to a lawsuit brought...

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that wolves in the Northern Rockies may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. The decision comes in response to an emergency petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society...

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WASHINGTON—As state wildlife agencies in Idaho and Montana work to implement laws aimed at drastically reducing wolf populations, more than 50 wildlife conservation groups today asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to immediately restore Endangered Species Act protections to gray wolves in the...

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MEEKER, Colo. — A wildlife expert who examined photos of dead cows obtained by the Humane Society of the United States in an open records request has concluded that wolves are not to blame for the deaths of 41 cattle whose bodies were found near Meeker, Colorado in 2022. The examination of the...

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In a new statewide survey of 1,500 likely Colorado voters, weighted to Republicans and Western Colorado voters, nearly two-thirds said they believed that Colorado’s gray wolves should not be trophy hunted or trapped after they are restored to Colorado. The poll comes just as Colorado Parks and...

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BOZEMAN, Montana—A coalition of wildlife advocates and hunters, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, today asked the U.S. Forest Service to issue new protections for wolves in designated wilderness areas following Idaho and Montana’s enactment of a rash of aggressive...

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Since the federal government turned management of gray wolves over to the states on January 4, 2021, these iconic and family-oriented animals have faced relentless persecution by trophy hunters and trappers. Yet, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland reaffirmed the Biden...

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Gray wolf on a mountain ridge in Denali National Park, Alaska
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WASHINGTON—Wildlife conservation organizations sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for missing its deadline to decide whether gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains warrant federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. The deadline was set following a May 2021 petition filed by...

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DENVER, CO — Colorado Parks and Wildlife released its draft Wolf Restoration and Management Plan to the public today. While it holds some promise, conservationists say that it falls short in its statutory mandate to base decisions on the “best scientific data available.”. In July, conservationists...

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Coyotes deserve lives free from persecution.

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To save wildlife from being killed just for bragging rights.

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Beauty shot of a mountain lion

Depending on where you live, your wild neighbors are probably on the small side: squirrels, geese, songbirds, maybe the occasional deer. In some parts of the United States, though, we’re lucky enough to share our land with North America’s native carnivores. Wolves, black bears and mountain lions...

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Plant-based eating, such as vegan and vegetarian diets, benefits people, animals and the planet.

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BOISE, Idaho—Ten conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging Idaho’s extreme wolf-trapping rules, which facilitate the slaughter of up to 90% of Idaho’s gray wolf population. The lawsuit contends that continued and expanded wolf trapping and snaring will injure and kill non-target grizzly...

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Conservation groups announced today a $16,500 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction for the illegal shooting death of a two-year-old collared female wolf in Wallowa County in early Jan. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Turn in Poachers division also offers a potential...

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PORTLAND, Ore.—Conservation and animal protection groups announced a combined $22,500 reward today for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the killing of a collared wolf outside the town of Cove in Northeast Oregon. On Feb. 15, Oregon State Police troopers investigating a report from...

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MADISON, Wisconsin—Late yesterday, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed suit against Natural Resources Board chair Frederick Prehn to oust him from his Natural Resources Board seat, which he has refused to vacate months after his six-year term expired on May 1, 2021. The lawsuit was spurred by...

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