Wolf News - June 2025

DAYS AFTER 2-YEAR-OLD BOY MAULED TO DEATH, WOLF CAUGHT IN UP’S BAHRAICH

June 8th, India: The boy's death came 10 months after wolves terrorised 35 villages in Bahraich's Mahasi area, killing eight people—mostly children—and injuring at least 18 others.

SWISS GOVERNMENT FORBIDS USE OF DONKEYS TO PROTECT AGAINST WOLF ATTACKS

June 8th, Switzerland: At the end of 2023, the Jura parliament adopted a postulate from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party calling for authorisation to use donkeys to protect herds.

WHAT’S IT TAKE TO KILL A WYOMING WOLF? NEARLY 500 HUNTING DAYS, AND THEN IT’S LIKELY A YOUNGSTER

June 5th, Wyoming: Wyoming Game and Fish Department biologist Ken Mills shared the data at a hunting season-setting meeting in Pinedale last week.

‘THIS IS HUMAN HATRED.’ 30 YEARS AGO, WOLVES RETURNED TO IDAHO’S BACKCOUNTRY

June 5th, Idago: After essentially killing off all wolves in the U.S. Rocky Mountains by the 1930s, the United States government sent Niemeyer and a small team to Canada just over 30 years ago to sedate, catch, study and reintroduce wolves to the American West, where they were a native species.

THREE NEW WOLF PACKS JUST SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA, PITTING RANCHERS AGAINST CONSERVATIONISTS

June 4th, California: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed that three new wolf packs have settled in California this year.

GRAY WOLVES ARE KILLING CATTLE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, NOT FAR FROM WASHOE COUNTY

June 4th, California: Northern California ranchers' patience is wearing thin. And after traveling into the fields of Paul Roen's spread, it's clear why.

LOCAL WOLF, CATTLE DEATHS ALARM RANCHERS AND WOLF ADVOCATES

June 4th, Colorado: Two collared grey wolves have died in Colorado since Memorial Day weekend, including one in the Roaring Fork Valley.

OREGON HOUSE PASSES WOLF BILL

June 3rd, Oregon: An Oregon Senate bill to strengthen Oregon’s wolf compensation program is on its way to the governor’s desk.

ANOTHER OF COLORADO’S WOLVES HAS DIED, MARKING THE SIXTH DEATH THIS YEAR

June 2nd, Colorado: Nine wolves have died since Colorado began reintroduction in December 2023.