Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed
3 years, 1 month ago

Montana curbs wolf hunt after 23 from Yellowstone killed

Associated Press  

— Montana wildlife commissioners on Friday moved to shut down gray wolf hunting in a portion of the state around Yellowstone National Park, amid mounting criticism over a record number of the animals shot or trapped after roaming across the park boundary this winter. Greg Gianforte told Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly in a recent letter that once a wolf exits the park and enters Montana it may be killed under state rules. State regulations allow Montana’s fish and wildlife commission to review hunting seasons for different regions of the state when their individual harvest thresholds are met, or statewide when the total number killed reaches 450 wolves. Fish and Wildlife Service said it would examine if federal endangered species protections should be re-imposed for more than 2,000 wolves in six northern U.S. Rockies states including Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

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Push for law change after man brought wolf he hit with snowmobile into a bar
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Push for law change after man brought wolf he hit with snowmobile into a bar

The Independent  

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Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles

Associated Press  

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock, marking an early stumble in the voter-driven initiative. Colorado’s attempt to instead capture problem wolves comes after an agency spokesperson told The Associated Press last week that officials wanted to avoid killing them …

Animal groups are urging tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Animal groups are urging tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar

Associated Press  

— As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight. The social media accounts of Wyoming’s tourism agency are being flooded with comments urging people to steer clear of …

Wolf kills a calf in Colorado, the first confirmed kill after the predator’s reintroduction
11 months, 1 week ago

Wolf kills a calf in Colorado, the first confirmed kill after the predator’s reintroduction

Associated Press  

DENVER — 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 confirmed after an investigation that the wounds of the calf killed Tuesday, and nearby wolf tracks, were consistent with …

Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves
1 year, 1 month ago

Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups said Wednesday that it will sue to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to restore Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. “It’s beyond frustrating that federal officials are harming wolf recovery by denying wolves in the Northern Rockies the powerful federal …

US won’t restore protections for wolves in Rockies, proposes national recovery plan
1 year, 1 month ago

US won’t restore protections for wolves in Rockies, proposes national recovery plan

Associated Press  

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 Fish and Wildlife Service also said it would work on a first-ever national recovery plan for wolves, …

Montana national park partially closes after bear mauls hunter
1 year, 6 months ago

Montana national park partially closes after bear mauls hunter

The Independent  

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Grizzly bear that mauled woman to death in second attack in three years is killed after breaking into home
1 year, 6 months ago

Grizzly bear that mauled woman to death in second attack in three years is killed after breaking into home

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Montana officials shot and killed a grizzly. Its DNA linked it to a human death
1 year, 6 months ago

Montana officials shot and killed a grizzly. Its DNA linked it to a human death

LA Times  

A grizzly bear walks along the North Fork of the Flathead River drainage in Montana. Later that day, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials captured the cub and fatally shot its mother “due to an immediate public safety threat from the bear’s food-conditioned behavior,” the department said. The mother was 10 years old and had been captured previously, …

Government kills hundreds of Minnesota wolves to protect ranchers’ profits
1 year, 6 months ago

Government kills hundreds of Minnesota wolves to protect ranchers’ profits

Raw Story  

It’s not easy being a wolf in northern Minnesota. In Minnesota, the agency’s staffers answer complaints from ranchers who lose cattle and other livestock to wolf predation. “It’s both heartbreaking and infuriating to see the amount of resources spent killing native wildlife species in comparison to resources spent protecting and restoring them,” Lindsay Larris, of the advocacy group WildEarth Guardians, …

Montana woman banned from hunting after skinning ‘wolf’ which turned out to be a domesticated husky
2 years ago

Montana woman banned from hunting after skinning ‘wolf’ which turned out to be a domesticated husky

The Independent  

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Judge revives limits on wolf killing near Yellowstone park
2 years, 3 months ago

Judge revives limits on wolf killing near Yellowstone park

The Independent  

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Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules
2 years, 4 months ago

Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules

Associated Press  

— Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana and its wildlife management agency alleging it illegally set hunting and trapping policies and quotas intended to reduce the gray wolf population by making it easier to kill the predators. Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature in 2021 passed bills that allowed the state to reduce the wolf population, authorize …

Wolves shot in Wyoming may be from a Colorado pack
2 years, 4 months ago

Wolves shot in Wyoming may be from a Colorado pack

Associated Press  

DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials believe that three wolves shot and killed just over the state’s border in Wyoming may have belonged to Colorado’s closely watched North Park wolf pack. The North Park pack, which often crosses into Wyoming where hunting wolves is legal, gained notoriety last year after birthing Colorado’s first known litter of pups in 80 …

Montana sheriff says hiker killed, grizzly bear suspected
2 years, 11 months ago

Montana sheriff says hiker killed, grizzly bear suspected

Associated Press  

— A Montana man who went missing while hiking earlier this week was killed in a suspected encounter with a grizzly bear north of Yellowstone National Park, authorities said Friday. Clouatre’s father told The Associated Press that the victim grew up in Massachusetts and moved more than two decades ago to Montana, where Clouatre met his future wife, Jamie, and …

Cattle ranchers don’t want Montana wolves moved to Colorado
3 years ago

Cattle ranchers don’t want Montana wolves moved to Colorado

Associated Press  

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Montana Stockgrowers Association has asked its state wildlife agency to reject any requests to capture wolves in Montana to be transplanted in Colorado, after voters there narrowly passed a wolf reintroduction plan. The Montana cattle ranchers say Colorado ranchers don’t have management tools in place to protect their property from wolves, the Fort Collins Coloradoan …

Red States’ Wolf Decimation Campaign Hasn’t Worked
3 years, 1 month ago

Red States’ Wolf Decimation Campaign Hasn’t Worked

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Idaho and Montana both passed controversial laws last year with the goal of sharply reducing their gray wolf populations. Montana also passed laws targeting wolves last year, though legislators left the state’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency largely in charge of regulating the wolf harvest, eliminating one of the Idaho law’s most contentious elements. William Campbell/Corbis via …

Wyoming tries again to remove Yellowstone grizzly protection
3 years, 2 months ago

Wyoming tries again to remove Yellowstone grizzly protection

Associated Press  

— Wyoming has asked the federal government to remove grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park from protection under the Endangered Species Act, a request which if approved could allow the animals to be hunted. Grizzlies in the area are “ready to join the ranks of the bald eagle, American alligator, peregrine falcon and brown pelican as receiving proper …

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
3 years, 2 months ago

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park

Associated Press  

— Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according to park officials. But with months to go in Montana’s hunting season —- and wolf …

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park
3 years, 2 months ago

Hunters kill 20 Yellowstone wolves that roamed out of park

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Twenty of Yellowstone National Park's …

Hunters kill 20 gray wolves that roamed out of Yellowstone
3 years, 2 months ago

Hunters kill 20 gray wolves that roamed out of Yellowstone

LA Times  

A wolf from the Wapiti Lake pack is seen in 2018 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according …

Colorado wolf pack kills cow for first time in 70 years
3 years, 2 months ago

Colorado wolf pack kills cow for first time in 70 years

The Independent  

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Montana wants protections lifted so public can hunt grizzlies
3 years, 3 months ago

Montana wants protections lifted so public can hunt grizzlies

The Independent  

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Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West
3 years, 4 months ago

Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West

Associated Press  

— A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West in response to Republican-backed state laws that make it easier to kill the predators. Twenty-one U.S. senators led by New Jersey’s Cory Booker and Michigan’s Gary Peters asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to shield wolves from being …

US: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting
3 years, 6 months ago

US: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration said Wednesday that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-backed state laws made it much easier to kill the predators. It marks an abrupt turnaround for the federal wildlife agency and brought a swift pushback from Montana’s Republican governor, who said officials in Washington shouldn’t be “second …

US tribes demand emergency protection for wolves
3 years, 6 months ago

US tribes demand emergency protection for wolves

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of American Indian tribes asked the Biden administration Tuesday to immediately enact emergency protections for gray wolves, saying states have become too aggressive in hunting the animal. But Izzy Baird, a spokeswoman for Relist Wolves Coalition, which has been working with tribal nations on the issue, noted in an email that Wisconsin hunters went over their …

Wisconsin sets 300-wolf limit after runaway spring hunt
3 years, 7 months ago

Wisconsin sets 300-wolf limit after runaway spring hunt

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wildlife officials in Wisconsin set a 300-animal limit Wednesday for the state’s fall wolf hunt, exceeding biologists’ recommendations as they study the impact of a rushed spring season that saw hunters take almost twice as many wolves as allotted. State Department of Natural Resources scientists asked its policy board to cap kills at 130 animals, saying board …

Wildlife officials propose 130-wolf limit for fall hunt
3 years, 7 months ago

Wildlife officials propose 130-wolf limit for fall hunt

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials are proposing limiting the number of wolves hunters can kill this fall to 130 animals, saying they want to take a conservative approach because the impact of a rushed February hunt on the population remains unclear. The DNR was preparing to hold a hunt beginning in November 2021 but a hunter advocacy group won …

Grizzly bear found beheaded and declawed in Yellowstone
3 years, 8 months ago

Grizzly bear found beheaded and declawed in Yellowstone

The Independent  

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How Trump unleashed "outright slaughter" of wolves in Wisconsin: study
3 years, 8 months ago

How Trump unleashed "outright slaughter" of wolves in Wisconsin: study

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. A new study published Monday estimates Wisconsin lost as much as a third of its gray wolf population after the Trump administration stripped federal protections for the animals and the state allowed for a public wolf hunt widely decried as being "divorced from science and ethical norms." But over 100 additional wolf deaths …

Study says hunting, poaching reduce Wisconsin wolf numbers
3 years, 8 months ago

Study says hunting, poaching reduce Wisconsin wolf numbers

The Independent  

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DNR board starts wolf hunt revision process
3 years, 9 months ago

DNR board starts wolf hunt revision process

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Department of Natural Resources policy board started the process Wednesday of revising Wisconsin’s wolf hunt rules to potentially prohibit night hunting and shorten the window for registering kills after hunters blew past their quota in February. Specific changes won’t be on the official agenda, but DNR officials told the board in a memo earlier this month …

Idaho seeks to kill more than 1,000 wolves as scientists urge Biden to restore animals’ endangered status
3 years, 9 months ago

Idaho seeks to kill more than 1,000 wolves as scientists urge Biden to restore animals’ endangered status

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US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge
3 years, 10 months ago

US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge

Associated Press  

— U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre federal wildlife refuge in central Montana, a move that would be at odds with Republicans in the state who want to limit where bison can roam. Fish and Wildlife Service plans beginning in July “to engage Tribes and stakeholders on the topics …

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte Violates Rule In Killing Of Yellowstone Wolf
3 years, 11 months ago

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte Violates Rule In Killing Of Yellowstone Wolf

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte got a slap on the wrist from wildlife officials after he violated state hunting regulations in the trapping and killing of a wolf near Yellowstone National Park last month. On Feb. 15, weeks after taking office, Gianforte killed an adult gray wolf on a ranch owned by Robert E. Smith, director of the …

Montana governor gets warning in killing of Yellowstone wolf
3 years, 11 months ago

Montana governor gets warning in killing of Yellowstone wolf

Associated Press  

Greg Gianforte received a warning from wildlife officials after killing a radio-collared wolf near Yellowstone National Park without first taking a mandated trapper education course — a violation of state hunting regulations, officials said Tuesday. Just weeks after taking office, Gianforte trapped and shot the male wolf on Feb. 15 about 10 miles north of the park, on a ranch …

US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans
4 years ago

US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans

Associated Press  

— Payments for dead wolves. And in Wisconsin, just weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration lifted protections for wolves in the Great Lakes region, hunters using hounds and trappers blew past the state’s harvest goal and killed almost twice as many as planned. What’s emerging now is different: an increasingly politicized campaign to drive down wolf numbers sometimes using methods …

Hunters and trappers blow past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target
4 years ago

Hunters and trappers blow past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Hunters and trappers blew past Wisconsin’s wolf kill target in less than 72 hours, forcing a premature end to a hunt that initially wasn’t supposed to happen for another nine months and raising the ire of animal rights activists. The Department of Natural Resources closed the season Wednesday afternoon after hunters and trappers had killed 178 wolves, …

Hunters and trappers exceed Wisconsin wolf kill quota
4 years ago

Hunters and trappers exceed Wisconsin wolf kill quota

The Independent  

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Wisconsin hunters quickly kill wolves; season to end early
4 years ago

Wisconsin hunters quickly kill wolves; season to end early

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials plan to end the state’s wolf season after just three days after hunters and trappers killed nearly 70% of the state’s quota in less than 48 hours. The Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that all six management zones would close by Wednesday afternoon. The department announced Tuesday morning that it would close three …

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters
4 years, 4 months ago

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters

Associated Press  

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. “I’ve got a simple message: It’s not that bad,” said Yellowstone wolf biologist Doug Smith, who with Phillips brought the first wolves into the park in 1995. We still have elk and deer.” On a cold October morning, after examining remains of the bison eaten by the Junction Butte pack near a park road, Smith said …

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters
4 years, 4 months ago

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters

Associated Press  

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. “I’ve got a simple message: It’s not that bad,” said Yellowstone wolf biologist Doug Smith, who with Phillips brought the first wolves into the park in 1995 and has followed their impacts on the landscape perhaps as closely as anyone. “They say they’ll compensate for lost cattle and sheep, but how would it feel for these …

After wolves rebound across US West, future up to voters
4 years, 4 months ago

After wolves rebound across US West, future up to voters

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’ve got a simple message: It’s not that bad,” …

Yellowstone slaughters wild bison to shrink park’s herds
4 years, 11 months ago

Yellowstone slaughters wild bison to shrink park’s herds

Associated Press  

— Yellowstone National Park is done capturing wild bison for the year after rounding up almost 550 of the wild animals and sending most to slaughter as part of a population control program, park officials said. Park officials had sought to reduce Yellowstone’s approximately 4,900 bison by 600 to 900 animals this year. Before closing down the bison capture pens …

Wolves prove resilient, but proposal could curtail expansion
6 years ago

Wolves prove resilient, but proposal could curtail expansion

Associated Press  

— A proposal to strip gray wolves of their remaining federal protections could curtail their rapid expansion across vast swaths of the U.S. West and Great Lakes, yet the predators already are proving to be resilient in states where hunting and trapping occur. Thursday’s Interior Department proposal to remove threatened and endangered species protections for wolves would end a decades-long …

First Yellowstone grizzly hunt in decades blocked by judge after Trump administration ends protection for bears
6 years, 6 months ago

First Yellowstone grizzly hunt in decades blocked by judge after Trump administration ends protection for bears

The Independent  

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Mystery 'Wolf-Like' Animal Reportedly Shot In Montana, Baffles Wildlife Officials
6 years, 9 months ago

Mystery 'Wolf-Like' Animal Reportedly Shot In Montana, Baffles Wildlife Officials

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Montana wildlife officials are puzzled by the carcass of wolflike animal they say a rancher shot and killed on his property near the town of Denton. “The animal came within several hundred yards of the rancher’s livestock,” the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said Thursday. The animal was a young, non-lactating female and a canid, …

Wyoming Greenlights Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunt
6 years, 9 months ago

Wyoming Greenlights Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunt

Huff Post  

A grizzly bear and cubs at Yellowstone National Park. The unanimous vote by the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission came less than a year after the grizzly bear population in and around Yellowstone National Park lost federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. “Grizzly bears are the essence of wildness and they’re the soul of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.” - …

Wolves Safe for Now, Climate and Congress Not So Much
9 years, 2 months ago

Wolves Safe for Now, Climate and Congress Not So Much

Huff Post  

ima12687 Despite several threatening bills and riders from the likes of U.S. Rep, Cynthia Lummis, and other anti-wildlife members of Congress, I'm elated that gray wolves in Wyoming, the Great Lakes region and across the lower 48 States have retained much needed protection under the Endangered Species Act. As but one example of what these industries have been getting for …

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