California wolf numbers rose in 2025, wildlife officials say, but breeding pairs fell

California’s year-end wolf population rose last year but was down from an estimated 60 to 70 animals believed to inhabit the ...
Iowa Public Radio

Endangered red wolf population on the rebound with captive breeding program

There's some cautious optimism these days among wildlife experts working to save the critically endangered red wolf. Progress to rebuild the wolf population has been slow, but after several years of ...
Center for Biological Diversity

California’s 2025 Wolf Population Rises 10%, Successful Breeding Pairs Decline

SAN FRANCISCO— California’s wolf population grew by 10% in 2025, with a total of nine packs by the end of December, according ...
The Aspen Times

Wolf connected to livestock killings could be breeding, wildlife officials say

Wildlife officials said they will not remove a gray wolf potentially connected to recent livestock killings, despite requests from stockgrowers. Two of the gray wolves reintroduced to Colorado’s Grand ...
komonews

Human-caused wolf deaths may slow Washington expansion as population rises 17.4%

SEATTLE — Washington’s wolf population grew by 17.4% in 2025, with the number of successful breeding pairs rising 27%, according to figures released Friday by the Washington Department of Fish and ...

Wyoming to Cut Wolf Harvest in Half Amid Disease Outbreak Near Yellowstone

A draft proposal for the 2026 hunting season includes a 50 percent cut to wolf harvest caps in the state’s northwestern ...
Altoona Mirror

Wolf hunts cut in half to help with population

Wyoming wildlife managers plan to reduce how many wolves can be hunted by 50% following a canine distemper outbreak that has ...
Arizona Daily Star

Wolf-dog ordinance would limit breeding

Animal care officials hope new rules will put an end to the breeding of wolf-dog hybrids in Pima County. They say the animals inhabit an impossible limbo: too wild to live among humans and too ...