BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states. Read more »

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The state of Wyoming is asking a federal judge not to allow a coalition of environmental groups to pull the plug on a lawsuit they filed challenging last year’s decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to turn over management of wolves to the state. Read more »

NAUGATUCK – Students at Cross Street Intermediate School adopted two wolves as part of their language arts unit “Nature” in teacher Kathy Mucha’s fifth-grade class. One of those wolves visited the school on Monday. Read more »

This editorial takes the controversial issue and highlights issues the author sees on both sides. Read more »

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials on Tuesday rejected allegations that a Montana rancher and hunting guide illegally baited wolves by leaving sheep carcasses piled up on his property near Yellowstone National Park. Read more »

If all turns out well, one of Mesker Park Zoo’s animal couples will soon serve as foster parents to two endangered wolf pups. Read more »

SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County lawyers have racked up $16,303 in legal expenses in their continuing fight to euthanize a dog that attacked a mail carrier. Read more »

Monthly Status Report: January 1-31, 2013 Read more »

Two Mexican wolf pups born in captivity last week in Westchester County have been flown to a wildlife refuge in Indiana, part of a federally funded program aimed at preventing the extinction of one of North America’s rarest mammals. Read more »

The Natural Resource Commission approved wolf hunting late last week after Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation that allowed the NRC to establish a hunting season for the animals. Read more »

Predator Defense’s movie “The imperiled American Wolf” explains the risk that wolves are facing under state-based management and echoes the warnings of others such as Michael Robinson that the wolves have never been as threatened as they are now. Read more »

This is an excellent source of information that I highly recommend any wolf advocate having in their favorites. Read more »

The controversial billboard in Cody, WY, incorrectly attributed to HOWLColorado, is no longer up after Lamar Outdoor Advertising made the decision to cancel the contract and take down the sign.  Read more »

Described as “disturbing” and erected by a “shadowy” group, Cody, WY. residents are having strong reactions to the new billboard from Project:WOLF Read more »

HELENA — Establishing a roster of wolf trappers, implementing a bounty system or changing the rules about hunting wolves outside of Yellowstone National Park all were ideas bandied about at a Fish, Wildlife and Parks special meeting Friday. Read more »

BATTLE CREEK (AP) — Future generations of Mexican gray wolves will be able to thank Binder Park Zoo for their existence. Read more »

MADISON — David MacFarland, who has worked as the wolf, bear and furbearer research scientist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources since 2010, has been named to the position of carnivore staff specialist for DNR Bureau of Wildlife Management. Read more »

MADISON — A group of humane societies Friday appealed a Dane County judge’s ruling that wolf hunters can use dogs, extending their fight to erase one of the most polarizing elements of Wisconsin’s wolf season. Read more »

Cherokee, IOWA (KTIV) - Friday night, it arrived in a cardboard box, Cherokee Regional Medical Center’s next patient. There, not to treat a dire condition, but because it’s part of a dire wolf. A piece of skull to be precise. Read more »