Animals

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo plans to use land it owns in a rural area of Missouri as habitat for a wolf breed on the verge of extinction, zoo officials said Monday. Only about 20 American red wolves remain in the wild due mostly to illegal hunting, vehicle strikes and habitat loss….

FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife official on Friday told The Associated Press there is growing concern over aggressive wolf hunting seasons adopted for the predators in…

A Mexican gray wolf walks in an enclosure at Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood in 2002. A year-old female wolf that had roamed north of Interstate 40 was captured Sunday. (Journal File) SANTA FE – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Sunday captured a Mexican gray wolf that had roamed north of Interstate…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Isle Royale National Park’s gray wolf population has reached 28, a dramatic comeback after the species nearly disappeared from the Lake Superior island chain, researchers said Wednesday. Health problems from inbreeding caused a die-off that left only two wolves a few years ago, leading park officials to authorize an airlift of…

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo plans to use land it owns in a rural area of Missouri as habitat for a wolf breed on the verge of extinction, zoo officials said Monday. Only about 20 American red wolves remain in the wild due mostly to illegal hunting, vehicle strikes and habitat loss….

It is always tragic to witness a mother and child being separated. The breakup hurts equally whether the mother is human or, in this example, from the animal realm. This cow cried nonstop because she missed her calf so much. Her cries struck me square in the heart. Karma was saved from being forced to…

The discussion on the House floor Tuesday afternoon got a little gory, but in the end, members narrowly voted to prohibit recreational wolf hunting in the state. “They eat moose, they eat cattle, they eat sheep, they eat dogs, they eat cats, they’ll even eat little people if the situation presents itself,” Rep. Steve Drazkowski,…

Researchers say they now have at least a partial explanation for the decline in the wolf population on Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Three wolves from the Chippewa Harbor pack were found dead in an old mine shaft on the remote island in early May. According to researchers at Michigan Technological University, they apparently died…

She was the alpha female of a wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, sought after for photographs because of her unusual white coat. Hikers found her suffering from severe wounds last month. The animal was euthanized by park staff shortly after. The park now says the recognizable wolf suffered a gunshot wound, based on preliminary…

Two broods of endangered red wolf puppies have been born in a zoo in North Carolina, much to the delight of staff and visitors. The North Carolina Zoo shared pictures and videos of the newborns on Facebook and Instagram in a post on May 9. View this post on Instagram A post shared by North Carolina…