District court blocks gray wolf hunt and re-lists species for ESA protection

Missoula U.S. District Court disagreed with the Interior Department’s decision, under Secretary Ken Salazar, to prematurely de-list Northern Rockies gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection…

Oregon Wolves Earn Reprieve as Hunt Is Halted

In response to a lawsuit by four conservation groups challenging the legality of a state-sponsored hunt of two of Oregon’s 14 endangered wolves, Wildlife Services voluntarily agreed today not to kill any wolves in Oregon for at least four weeks…

Mexican Gray Wolf One Step Closer to Separate Protection Under Endangered Species Act

A Center for Biological Diversity settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, filed today with a federal court, requires the Service to respond by July 31, 2010 — one month from today — to a 32-page petition submitted by the Center last August asking for recognition of the Mexican gray wolf as an endangered [...]

Wolf Hunt More than Doubled in Montana

State wildlife officials increased the number of wolves that can be legally killed to 186. Last year that number was 75. Other numbers considered for the increased quota were 153 and 216…

Wolf hunt underway in Boise Foothills

Federal Wildlife Service agents are searching for two wolves they believe killed 11 sheep in the Boise Foothills…

Montana aims to reduce wolf numbers for the first time

Montana wildlife commissioners have approved a plan that aims to reduce the gray wolf population for the first time since the once-endangered animal was reintroduced to the region 15 years ago…

Montana, Idaho consider increased wolf hunt quotas

Hunters in Montana would be allowed to kill nearly three times as many gray wolves this fall compared with last year’s inaugural hunt, under a proposal announced Friday by state wildlife officials…

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service investigates deaths of 2 red wolves found in NC county

The wildlife service says one wolf was found April 23 near Engelhard in the eastern part of Hyde County, and the second one was found four days later near Scranton, on the western side. Both wolves were wearing radio collars…

Controversial Wolf Hunt Underway in Sweden: Wolves Killed

For the first time in decades, a controversial wolf hunt is underway in Sweden. The Swedish Environment Protection Agency approved the limited cull of 27 wolves, or about 10 percent of the Swedish wolf population…

Wildlife Coalition Condemns Coyote Killing Tournament as Ethically and Ecologically Indefensible

A national coalition of wildlife advocacy and conservation organizations representing more than 70,000 Maine citizens is calling for an end to a coyote killing tournament that is currently underway in northern Maine…