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2022
Yellowstone: Wolf hunt altered behavior, damaged research - WYO File
Growth of Oregon wolf population stalls after poaching, car crashes - OPB
For Wolves, the Culture War Is Extremely Deadly - Rolling Stone
Killing Wolves to Own the Libs? - The New Yorker
A fence around this northern Minnesota cattle ranch may keep both calves and wolves from dying - Duluth News Tribune
State says Washington’s wolf population grew 16% last year - PB
Most U.S. wolves are listed as endangered—again. Here’s why. - National Geographic
Release of Highly Endangered Red Wolves into Wild Gives Hope to Renewed Conservation - Defenders of Wildlife
A record number of Yellowstone wolves have been killed. Conservationists are worried - NPR
Boise students speak out after wolf pups named for their school are killed
- Idaho Press
An iconic American endangered species is at the heart of a political war in Wisconsin - Inverse
Wolves Returned to California. So Did ‘Crazy’ Rumors - NY Times
The Ghost Wolves of Galveston Island - NY Times
Oregon ranchers turn to bigger dogs to protect livestock from wolves - OPB News
In search of the friendliness gene that turned wolves into dogs - El Pais
2021
Rewilding Scotland: Grand Plans to see wolves reintroduced - The Courier
Biden Backs to End Wolf Protections - Detroit News
Wolf Pup Killings a Black Eye to Idaho, Counterproductive For Ranchers - Sierra Nevada Ally
Wolf tracked near Yosemite park for first time in 100 years - KSBY
Consequences Of The Winter Wolf Hunt - Wisconsin Public Radio
Radio collared wolf that left Isle Royale by way of ice bridge makes incredible journey - CBC
Can red wolves come back from the brink of extinction again? - The Guardian
Rarest subspecies of wolf in North America sees population almost double in five years - The Guardian
Wolf-Killing Rancher Loses Bid to Keep Public Land Grazing Permit - Western Watersheds Project
Adrian Wydeven: Wisconsin's wolf hunt was not based on science
- Wisconsin State Journal
New Idaho law allows killing up to 90 percent of state’s wolves - National Geographic
Scotland votes on reintroducing wolves as world's first 'Rewilding Nation' - NZ Herald
Wolf hunting banned in Slovakia - Down to Earth Org
Montana Governor Gets Written Warning After Killing a Wolf - The NY Times
Scientists urge restoration of federal gray wolf protections - ABC news
Wolf-virus study shows the virtue of space
- Alaska Press
Gray Wolf Pups Seen in Colorado for the First Time in 80 Years - The Smithsonian
Roadway collision suspected in red wolf’s death - FWS
Female wolf poached in Stevens County, Washington wildlife officials investigating - The Spokesman Review
'These are our brothers': Native Americans, experts stood in opposition to efforts to rush a wolf hunting season in Wisconsin - Daily Cardinal
Extended wolf trapping seasons draws debate - Independent Record
Montana lawmakers look at more ways to kill wolves - Fox 28 Spokane
Prince of Wales trappers report 68 wolves taken in 2020 - KTOO
Judge Orders Plan for Releasing More Red Wolves Into Wild - NBC New York
Breaking news: Efforts to open an early wolf trophy hunting season in Wisconsin defeated
2020
Depleted wolf packs are still unlikely to welcome new members, Idaho study finds
- Idah0 Statesman
Wolves have been caring for the pack for at least 1.3 million years - phys.org
Switzerland debates culling its wolves - Reuters
Gray wolves delisted - Explore Big Sky
Wolves win in Colorado after vote for reintroduction by 2023 - The Guardian
Wolf Scat Discovered In Maine After Scientists Test DNA - Maine Public
Reward of $7,600 offered for information in wolf poaching incident in eastern Oregon - the Oregonian
Swedish, Finnish and Russian wolves closely related - Phys.org
Using Wolves as First Responders Against a Deadly Brain Disease - The New York Times
Wolves’ impact on Yellowstone reminds us to respect, protect wildlife - Las Vegas Sun
Scientists discover a completely unexpected way wolves alter their ecosystems - Inverse
Three Of Colorado’s ‘Pioneer Wolves’ May Have Been Killed In Wyoming - CPR news
Hungarian farmers use ancient guard dogs to ward off wolves and bears - CGTN
Belgium welcomes first wild wolf cubs in more than a century - The Telegraph
High-altitude genes could turn Himalayan wolves into a new species - Science Mag
California's only known wolf pack produces new litter of pups - The Guardian
Reported sightings of potential wolves increase in Colorado - KKTV 11 News
Life of Riley reaches its end - Anchorage Press
Colorado Lawmaker Claims Wolves Will Hunt Hikers and Skiers - Colorado Times
Lone wolf traveled 8,700 miles looking for a mate. She was just found dead in California
Wolf numbers increase in Yellowstone - Jackson Hole News
2019
The hunt for Japan’s ‘ghost’ wolves - BBC
Only 14 red wolves remain in SC wild, and US agency won’t say what they’re doing about it - The Post and Courier
Extinct’ wolf rediscovered in Bangladesh - United News of Bangladesh
Extra ribs, crooked backs show inbreeding that caused Isle Royale’s old wolf packs to crash- Michigan live
Wolf sighting in Northern Colorado could be first confirmed in state in four years - Colorodoan
Battle over wolf hunting on Denali boundary continues
- Daily News Miner
4 last wolves in Washington pack killed by state hunters - Yahoo news
The relentless slaughter of wolves paved the way for a predator that refuses to die - The Washington Post
Looking to see a wolf at Denali? A grassroots bus-driver survey puts the odds at ‘not-quite nonexistent’ - Anchorage Daily News
Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Legal Hunting Reduces Poaching - NY times
Southern Oregon Rancher Builds Fences -- And Bridges -- To Keep The Wolves At Bay - JPR
Oregon 'wolf encounters' are on the rise. Here's what to do if you see a wolf - Statesman Journal
VIDEO: Three New Wolf Pups Sighted in Northeast California - KQED Science
When you start killing wolves, something odd happens - BBC
A question of balance: Working together on wolves - The Spokesman Review
Minnesota House Bans Recreational Wolf Hunting Across the State - Green Matters
Newly born wolf pups caught on tape on the Czech-Slovak border - European Wilderness Society
‘Extinct’ wolf rediscovered in Bangladesh - UNB
The relentless slaughter of wolves paved the way for a predator that refuses to die - The Washington Post
Two Yellowstone wolf pups fatally hit by a vehicle - Montana News
Extra ribs, crooked backs show inbreeding that caused Isle Royale’s old wolf packs to crash
New research finds wolves limit spread of animal disease
Disrupting wolf movement may be more effective at protecting caribou than fences and wolf culls - British Ecological Society
Wolf pack living west of Cascade Mountains for first time in decades - Seattle Times
Italy rejects demands for a wolf cull as numbers increase in the Alps and Apennines - The Telegraph
Wolves on Isle Royale are adapting well, feeding on moose and beaver
2018
Man fired shotgun at wolves chasing his dogs in Yellowstone National Park, report says
-Independent Record
First new wolves released on Michigan's remote Isle Royale
- Michigan News
Phoenix-Area Men Charged With Killing Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf
- The Pheonix New Times
Decision on Isle Royale Wolves Based on Experience in Yellowstone
- ABC news
Wolf researcher who accused WSU of silencing him gets $300K to settle lawsuit and go away
- The Seattle Times
Isle Royale's 2 remaining wolves still alive, spotted this winter
- Detroit Free Press
Dead Cows Are Changing The Way Wolves Eat
- WisContext
Sweden's licensed wolf hunt called off over declining population
- The Local SE
University of Arizona genetics research verifies purity of Mexican wolf
- Tucson.com
Interior Department plans to let people kill endangered red wolves
- The Washington Post
For The First Time, Scientists Tracked a Wolf Leaving The Radioactive Chernobyl Zone
- Science Alert
OR-7 Wolf: Can the Legendary Border Crosser Save His Endangered Species?
- News Week
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist?
- The New York Times Magazine
Rare litter of Mexican gray wolf pups born in Julian
- CBS8
Wolf hunting and trapping along Stampede Trail closed by emergency order
- Daily News Minder
Gros Ventre wolves targeted
- Jackson Hole News and Guide
A Win for Wild Wolves in AZ, NM
- Public News Service
OR-54 leaves Oregon — and she’s taking her bling
- Mail Tribune
Wolf our best hope to stop chronic wasting disease
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Merchants of Silence: Predator control in southwest Montana -
The Missoulian
Northern Minnesota sheriff gets aggressive with wolves
- MPR news
Wolf from Gros Ventre Pack poached, shooter confesses
- Buckrail News
France to let wolf population grow despite farmers' fears
- BBC
Wolf, entangled in snare, shot in Duluth
- Duluth News Tribune
New film looks at Minnesota wolf hunt with the freshness of an outsider's eye
- Minnesota Post
Nushagak Peninsula wolf population does not control caribou population, study finds
- KDLG
2017
The Wolf studies the politics of wildlife management through the adventures of one animal -
Calgary Herald
Camera-trap footage shows rare, much-debated red wolf in the wild
- Earth Touch News
Hunters Down a Dozen Wolves
- Jackson Hole News & Guide
Prominent Scientists Call America's Wolf Slaughter Unjustified and Unethical
- Predator Defense
Scientists Agree: It’s Time To End The War On Wildlife
- HuffPost
Idaho doesn’t need another way to kill wolves
- Idaho Statesman
Shepherds, hunters, farmers and NGOs agree on common wolf strategy
- European Wilderness Society
Two More Gray Wolves to Be Killed, Intensifying Debate Over Oregon’s Policy
- Willamette Week
Wolves and Cows: Individual and Organizational Conflicts
- Huffpost
Washington to cull members of wolf pack
- The Lewiston Tribune
Using bait for wolf hunting proposal on agenda for Idaho Fish and Game meeting in Bonners Ferry
- The Spokesman Review
Breaking news: Federal appeals court rules to maintain protections for Great Lakes wolves -
Humane Society of the US
Bear baiting may put hunting dogs at risk from wolves
- Science Daily
France to send wolves to the slaughter in bid to save sheep flocks
- News France
Field Reports: Washington sets gray wolf conflict protocols, requires deterrents -
The Spokesman Review
Yellowstone Wolf Family Tree and Genealogy Available Online -
US News
Wolves need space to roam to control expanding coyote populations -
Science Daily
Norway’s wolves are being hunted; its reindeer are going mad -
The Economist
Wyoming’s War on Wolves -
JSTOR Daily
Rare White Wolf In Yellowstone Was Shot, Park Reveals
- NPR.org
Reward increases over killing of famous white wolf of Yellowstone
- GrindTv
Wyoming wolves: Some complain harvest numbers are too low
- Powell Tribune
Midwest wolves may find themselves in the crosshairs again -
Star Tribune
Newest wolves offer research possibilities -
The Exponent
Tribal Group Petitions For Wolf Protection Zone -
Wyoming Public Media
Washington looking for ways to control wolves without killing them, keep information private
- The Spokesman Review
After a 200-year absence, wild wolves return to Denmark
- Mother Nature Network
Students debate wolf hunting laws -
TV6
Mexican Gray Wolf Pups Born at Brookfield Zoo -
La Grange Patch
Great migration: Female wolf found to have travelled 500km to settle in rural Denmark
- rt.com
Ranchers, advocates square off in Portland over wolf conservation plan -
Oregon Live
Battling to save the Ethiopian wolf, Africa's rarest carnivore -
Earth Touch News
Two wolves survive in world’s longest running predator-prey study -
Science Mag.org
Making a comeback: Washington’s endangered wolf population in ‘wave of recovery’
- The Seattle Times
Oregon wolves reach milestone: 8 breeding pairs -
The Spokesman Review
Killing of bears, wolves allowed in Alaska to increase population of game animals -
The Sacramento Bee
Feds Release Endangered Wolf Pups in New Mexico -
US News
The New Threat to Wolves in and Around Yellowstone -
NY Times
The Jane Goodall of Wolves -
Flathead Beacon
Pack of 7 Gray Wolves Missing in Northern California -
US News
How Washington ranchers are learning to cope with wolves, with lessons from Uganda -
pri.org
The redomestication of wolves -
Science Daily
Congress Rolls Back Obama-Era Rule On Hunting Bears And Wolves In Alaska -
npr.org
Mexican gray wolf population hits high of 113 in wilds of Arizona, New Mexico -
The Arizona Republic
Wolves are targets in the Endangered Species Act “modernization” -
Science Line
Video: Nevada’s lone wolf endures inhospitable terrain -
Reno Gazette Journal
2016
Isle Royale may add 20-30 wolves to keep pack from disappearing -
Detroit Free Press
Michigan Senate votes to allow wolf hunting (again) -
The Detroit News
Profanity Peak wolf pack to be exterminated after cattle kills -
The Spokesman Review
CDFW Releases Final Wolf Management Plan for California -
CDFW News
This Could Be The Last Red Wolf You'll Ever See -
The Dodo
No proof that shooting predators saves livestock -
Science
Wisconsin's wolf population increases by 16% -
js Online
Feds to Alaska: Stop killing bears and wolves on our land -
The Washington Post
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