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Wolf News - June 2025
YELLOWSTONE’S LONE WOLF SHOCKS TOURISTS IN CLOSE ENCOUNTER “ARE YOU KIDDING ME”
June 23rd: Tourists hunker down as wolf passes within feet in Yellowstone National Park.
HOW FIXING AN ECOSYSTEM SET STAGE FOR A WOLF QUEEN’S LONG REIGN IN YELLOWSTONE
June 20th: Long before Yellowstone became the world’s first national park in 1872, wolves thrived in the U.S. Rocky Mountains.
A RED WOLF CONSERVATION WIN IN DURHAM
June 20th, North Carolina: Red wolves were once common throughout the southeastern United States, but they were driven to near extinction in the late 1960s.
ROUND-THE-CLOCK WOLF PATROLS BEGIN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RANCHING COMMUNITIES
June 19th, California: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has launched a new summer “strike team” to help protect livestock from gray wolf depredations in Siskiyou County and the Sierra Valley, which spans Sierra and Plumas counties.
FEDERAL WOLF PROTECTIONS IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF RENEWED LEGAL CHALLENGE
June 18th: Conservation groups accuse the federal government of ignoring key science when choosing to revoke protections for the gray wolf.
JACKSON HOLE PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS PACIFIC CREEK WOLF PACK FEEDING ON ELK
June 18th, Wyoming: "Camera trap" in Bridger-Teton documents elk kill from start to finish.
BATTLE OVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF PROTECTIONS BACK IN FEDERAL COURT
June 18th, Colorado: Gray wolves are currently protected under the Endangered Species Act in the Lower 48 States, except in the Northern Rockies.
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE BACKS ESTONIA'S WOLF CULLING POLICY
June 16th, Estonia: A European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling last Thursday supported Estonia's current approach to wolf conservation and culling, saying it balances the species' status with livestock farming and other needs.
JUDGE TO HEAR ARGUMENTS ON RESTORING WOLF PROTECTIONS IN NORTHERN ROCKIES
June 16th: nservation and animal advocates will present oral arguments Wednesday in a federal court case that will decide whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unlawfully refused to restore federal Endangered Species Act protections to gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains.
14,000-YEAR-OLD ICE AGE 'PUPPIES' WERE ACTUALLY WOLF SISTERS THAT DINED ON WOOLY RHINO FOR LAST MEAL
June 14th: A pair of canines found in Siberian permafrost were wolf sisters that died shortly after eating.
ALASKA WOLVES POISONED BY MERCURY AFTER SWITCHING TO SEA OTTER DIET
June 13th, Alaska: Some coastal wolves in Alaska, U.S., have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and moose to a marine diet heavy with sea otters, new research finds.
PETITION SEEKS STATE LISTING OF WOLVES AS BILLS SEEK TO REMOVE FEDERAL PROTECTIONS
June 13th: Congressional Republicans have introduced bills to delist wolves and bar court review of the decision.
COLORADO WOLF PACK NEAR RANCH WHERE CALVES WERE KILLED HAS NEW PUPS, RANCHER SAYS
June 11th, Colorado: Mike Cerveny has lost multiple calves since Colorado Parks and Wildlife relocated the wolves that killed dozens of livestock in Grand County to his county.
FIRST WOLF SPOTTED IN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO
June 10th, Colorado: Female wolf’s collar shows she’s traveled almost 2,000 miles.
SAVVY 13-YEAR-OLD TETON WOLF ALMOST BREAKS ALL-TIME AGE RECORD
June 10th, Wyoming: Biologist Ken Mills sensed a shrewdness and smarts in Wolf 840M, a gray male canine that lived longer than any of the other 1,500-plus Wyoming wolves that have been ID’d and tracked since the species was reintroduced to the state three decades ago.
CALIFORNIA LAUNCHES STRIKE TEAM TO COMBAT GRAY WOLF ATTACKS ON LIVESTOCK
June 9th, California: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has launched a summer strike team to address increasing livestock depredations by gray wolves in Siskiyou County and the Sierra Valley.
June 9th, Missouri: The six pups' early journey is vital for their survival and the survival of their species.
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.
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.