Wolves

Famous Wandering Lone Wolf Has First Encounter With People

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 05.10.2012

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A young male wolf from Oregon that has won worldwide fame while trekking across mountains, deserts and highways looking for...

Animal Rights, Sex Trafficking, LGBT Issues: 10 Petitions To Sign Right Now

Posted 05.09.2012

We can’t help but to follow along closely as heartbreaking stories about young girls getting trafficked and gay Boy Scouts volunteers getting fired ...

Wolves Return to California: The Journey Ahead

Ken White | Posted 04.25.2012

Ken White

What will it take for wolves to thrive here? What do wolves need to prosper? How will politics, agencies, ranchers, hunters and trappers, environmental activists and urban and suburban citizens affect whether wolves will flourish here?

Idaho Wolf Management Off the Rails

Noah Greenwald | Posted 04.11.2012

Noah Greenwald

Wolves in Idaho deserve better. After being nearly wiped out of the West, it's taken a national effort to return these incredible predators to the landscape.

A Lone Wolf's 7-Month, 2,000 Mile Search For Love

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

By Suzanne Hurt SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 6 (Reuters) - A male wolf that made headlines by becoming the first of its species in more t...

Ask Not What Your Dog Can Do for You...

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.26.2012

Dr. Peggy Drexler

It's wonderful what dogs do for us. But the best part might be what they let us do for them. All in all, not a bad deal.

Lone Wolf Returns To California

AP | Posted 05.07.2012

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The wandering wolf known as OR-7 has crossed back into California after less than a week in Oregon. The youn...

Lone Wolf Returns Home

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's wandering wolf, OR-7, has crossed the border back into his home state after spending the last couple of months in ...

Hundreds Of Wolves Killed In Northern Rockies

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho, March 1 (Reuters) - Some 166 wolves were killed in Montana in that state's first hunting season sin...

It's Time to Return Wolves to the West Coast

Noah Greenwald | Posted 04.30.2012

Noah Greenwald

Nearly 60 wolves have moved into Oregon and Washington in recent years. And, in late December, one of those wolves made its way into northern California -- sparking new hopes that wolves may eventually recolonize some of their historic habitat in the Golden State.

Lone Wolf In California Inspires Conservationist Push

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, Feb 27 (Reuters) - A lone gray wolf known as OR-7 has made California home for only two months, but ...

4 Out Of 5 Reintroduced Wolves Found Dead In Mexico

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 04.23.2012

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves to a mountain range just south of the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort to ...

Canadian Government Plans to Poison Wolves Due to Tar Sands Project

Jeremy Symons | Posted 04.11.2012

Jeremy Symons

Alberta's carefully constructed web of secrecy was pierced this week by news that Canada is planning to poison thousands of wolves in a desperate effort to save caribou decimated by oil development.

'Green News Report' - February 7, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.08.2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Romney an...

Wolves Are a Great Benefit, Not a Danger, in the Real World

Tom Ortenberg | Posted 04.02.2012

Tom Ortenberg

The Grey is a great story and thrilling to watch on the big screen, but that's all it is. Fiction. Fantasy. Made up.

LOOK: The Cutest Wolf Pup You've Ever Seen

Posted 02.01.2012

By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer: A conservation effort to breed rare maned wolves has resulted in four fuzzy bundles of joy in Front...

Lions, Wolves And Bears Escape Ohio Exotic Animal Farm; Owner Found Dead

AP | By ANDY BROWNFIELD | Posted 12.19.2011

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Officers armed with assault rifles patrolled Zanesville Wednesday morning, a day after police killed dozens of animals that e...

Wolves, Caribou, Tar Sands and Canada's Oily Ethics

Chris Genovali | Posted 11.22.2011

Chris Genovali

The relentless destruction of boreal forest wilderness via tar sands development has conspired to deprive caribou of their life requisites while exposing them to levels of predation they did not evolve with and are incapable of adapting to.

A Dangerous Predator Or A Threatened Species?

The Huffington Post | James Gerken | Posted 11.19.2011

Should wolves really be hunted? The fate of the wolf population in several western U.S. states remains uncertain. In time for a planned wolf huntin...

Rare Mexican Gray Wolves Set To Be Reintroduced Into The Wild

Posted 11.14.2011

Is the endangered gray wolf on its way back? A plan by Mexican wildlife officials to reintroduce a rare species of gray wolf to its historic range ...

WATCH: Puppy Howls With Wolves

Posted 11.06.2011

Ellie the Pomeranian puppy may look like a gentle fur ball, but there's no denying her wolf roots. Just look at her reaction when her owner, Tydus...

The Ugly Cost of Killing

Wendy Keefover-Ring | Posted 09.18.2011

Wendy Keefover-Ring

Many of us are struggling financially, even while we watch Congress wrangle over deficit levels, tax cuts or increases and political ideology. Much i...

Why It's Risky to Have Wild Animals as Pets

Sophia Yin | Posted 09.14.2011

Sophia Yin

Pet deer attacks man! Pet wolf mauls child! Hand-raised tiger savages owner! Whenever one of these headlines flashes by my radar, I can't help thinkin...

Dreaming About Wolves? Meanings Explained

The Huffington Post | Wendy Gould | Posted 09.12.2011

Dreams about wolves are a fairly common theme at bedtime. If you or a loved one have been covering this ground at night, you may have questions about ...

Are Wolves the Real Killers? Feds Count Livestock Losses Differently in the Northern Rockies

Wendy Keefover-Ring | Posted 09.11.2011

Wendy Keefover-Ring

Despite their immense importance, wolves are relentlessly persecuted by the livestock industry. These producers, as we show here, inflate the numbers of livestock losses from wolves.