A hunter shot the collared wolf in southwestern Utah, mistaking the animal for a coyote. Conservation groups say the wolf was probably the same one that was spotted last month near the Grand Canyon. The Utah division of Wildlife Resources, a federal agency, hasn’t confirmed the wolf’s identity but is conducting an investigation. Michael Robinson, a wolf advocate with the …
Montana Approves Additional Year-Round Killing of Wolves – In Defense of Animals
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Olympia 2015: Wolves, water and taxes top ag agenda – Capital Press
Handling wolves While lawmakers are in session, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is expected to update its wolf count. The census may spark talk about how to manage the animals when they are no longer listed as endangered under federal or state law, said Moses Lake Republican Judy Warnick, the incoming chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Water …
Decision on North Carolina red wolves looms in 2015 | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
RALEIGH, N.C. In the 27 years since federal officials reintroduced the red wolf in the wild, a restoration program has mustered about 100 of the carnivores in a handful of North Carolina counties. A decision looms in early 2015 on whether to continue efforts to maintain the only wild population of the species. How the species’ existence will play out, …