3-Year-Old Washington Boy Loses Arm to Captive Wolf Hybrid
After reaching into a kennel containing two hybrid wolves Monday, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reported a 3-year-old boy was attacked by the animals and later had one of his arms amputated. Immediately following the incident, the boy was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment, leaving the boy in stable condition after […]
First Confirmed Wolf Sighting in Nevada in Nearly 100 Years
It’s official. After an investigation spurred from some video footage, the Nevada Department of Wildlife has confirmed the state’s first wolf sighting since 1922. After acquiring droppings from the animal, the department sent the sample to the University of Idaho’s Laboratory for Ecological, Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics who recently confirmed that the scat was […]
Oregon’s Wolf Population Continues to Flourish
Entering Phase III of wolf management, Oregon Fish, and Wildlife documented the third year of seven or more breeding pairs in the eastern region of the state. “Moving into Phase III is a significant milestone towards the recovery of gray wolves in Oregon,” says Russ Morgan, ODFW wolf biologist. “It shows how successful wolves […]
Wyoming Wolf Hunting Season Possible for 2017
In a delisting rule in 2012, the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) removed Wyoming’s wolves from under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. The decision was retracted not soon after when a federal District Court judge reinstated federal protection in 2014 after stating it was of their belief that the U.S. Fish […]
100 lb Wolf Unintentionally Killed by Cyanide Trap
SALEM, Ore.—Wolf OR48, a Shamrock Pack adult male, died on Feb. 26 on private land in northeast Oregon after an unintentional take by the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services. The wolf died after encountering an M-44 device, a spring-activated device containing cyanide powder. The device was in place as part of Wildlife Services […]
Newfoundland Trapper Snares Coyote-Wolf Hybrid
After trapping for only a couple of years, Newfoundland resident Kevin Strowbridge set out into the woods in November, just as he had many days prior, to check on his fox and coyote snares. What he found instead was a large animal the Botwood man assumed was a wolf. “So I had some fox […]
Wolf Management Officials Receive Death Threats Over Wolf Control
After 12 cattle depredations in only six weeks, Washington’s Profanity Peak wolf pack has been qualified for removal under the state’s lethal take policy. As the news of the pack’s imminent doom broke, opponents took to the defensive the only way they know how: by issuing death threats. Despite the fact that the potential […]
Coyotes Listed as No.1 Livestock Predator in Montana This Year
What might come as a surprise to some, with record numbers of livestock killed already this year by grizzly bears, they are not, in fact, the number one predator of livestock in the state of Montana. According to Montana Wildlife Services, as of May 31, this year’s tally of livestock killed and probable by […]
Wisconsin’s Wolf Population on the Rise
After a ban on hunting and trapping wolves in the western Great Lakes was imposed back in 2014, Wisconsin’s wolf populations are on the rise. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has said that they estimate the state is now home to approximately 222 packs of wolves with around 30 lone wolves keeping to […]
Stalked for 12 Hours by a Wolf, This Woman Used a Bear Cub to Save Her Life
Setting out into the woods for a morel mushroom hunt, Joanne Barnaby and her friend Tammy Cauldron were canvassing an area of the woods near Fort Smith, NWT that had been recently burnt by wildfires. The long-time friends would soon become separated. As Barnaby filled her bucket with prized morels, she decided […]