Wyoming recently made adjustments to their Game and Fish’s Damage Claims Regulations in response to complaints from ranchers about elk competing with livestock for grazing land. Apparently, the elk are so overpopulated that they are eating all of the grass, costing the ranchers money. This issue is interesting because it seems to directly contradict the … Read more
Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently acted on their decision to relocate the Copper Creek wolf pack in response to conflict with livestock. Sadly, during the relocation process, the male from the pack died. CPW released an official announcement stating that he was found in poor condition, unrelated to the capture, and died four days later. … Read more
There is an exciting new movement to restore Mexican grey wolves to the landscape in West Texas. This initiative is being led by the Texas Lobo Coalition and the El Paso Zoo who are arguing that the ecosystem is unbalanced by the lack of natural predators, leading to disease in native ungulate populations and dominance … Read more
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife recently authorized lethal removal of one wolf from the Logan Valley Pack following a series of livestock depredations. Four depredations resulting in four injured cattle and two dead calves have been attributed to the pack in the last four months. This conflict occurred even after the ranchers increased human … Read more
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has announced their decision to capture and relocate the Copper Creek Pack due to pressure from the ranching community. This is the first pack that was reintroduced to Colorado this last December. This decision is disappointing to many advocates who had hoped that Colorado would place a higher value on learning … Read more
Throughout the history of humanity, we have often looked at our relationship with wild animals as us vs. them. This has never been truer than with our perception of wolves. It began as an issue of survival, when losing sheep meant starvation and the sound of wolves howling at night meant danger. They hunted the … Read more
When it comes to wolves and their impact on the environment, there are a lot of different views. Some think wolves destroy their ecosystems by decimating the elk populations. Others say that nature cannot function without them. The truth is somewhere in between. It is silly to claim that wolves would decimate any other animal … Read more
Our relationship with wolves is more complicated than any other species. It is built upon years of conflict, fear, and misunderstanding. To get a better understanding, we need to look at where this conflict began: livestock depredation. Prior to our domestication of animals as a food source, early societies looked at wolves with great respect. … Read more
