wolves

Environment

Governor Asks Feds To Maintain Endangered Wolf Protection

2:01pm July 31, 2018

by Alex Derosier, Associated Press

North Carolina's governor is urging federal authorities not to reduce protections for endangered red wolves that can only be found in the state.

The alpha female of the Canyon Pack at Yellowstone National Park sustained a gunshot wound and was euthanized last month near Gardiner, Mont.

National

Rare White Wolf In Yellowstone Was Shot, Park Reveals

1:57pm May 16, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

She was the alpha female of a pack in Yellowstone National Park, sought after for photographs because of her unusual white coat. The wolf was found suffering from severe wounds and had to be put down.

Two wolves, as caught in night-vision footage by a game camera in West Jutland, Denmark. Scientists say that since 2012, they have confirmed at least five different wild wolves in the country — four males and one female.

Denmark Now Has A Wild Wolf Pack Again — For The First Time In 200 Years

6:28pm May 04, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Citing CCTV footage and DNA samples, two researchers say a female has migrated more than 340 miles from Germany to join a small group of wolves in the Jutland peninsula.

Brown bears play in a pond at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage Glacier, Alaska, in 2009.

Congress Rolls Back Obama-Era Rule On Hunting Bears And Wolves In Alaska

5:04pm March 22, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The Senate voted Tuesday to lift a 2016 ban on certain hunting practices — like trapping and aerial shooting — on national wildlife refuges there. Now the bill heads to President Trump to be signed.