Month: April 2017
Mexican Gray Wolf F1226 Turns Six Years Old
Birthdays abound! Wolves are mono-estrus, breeding only once a year during the winter months. Therefore, springtime is birthday season! Today we celebrate Mexican gray wolf F1226! In October of 2015,…
Read MoreAtka the Wolf Has Spring Fever!
As much as we’d like to think Atka is doing a “happy roll” in honor of spring, he’s actually demonstrating a behavior wolves do when something stinks! When a wolf…
Read MoreBill Seeks To Put Endangered Species Decisions in Hands Of Politicians
Lawmakers this week revived legislation that would dismantle the Endangered Species Act – kill the law’s ability to protect imperiled animals and plants. S. 935, the purported “Endangered Species Management…
Read MoreWhere wolves were federally protected on Monday, today they can be shot on sight
Where wolves were a federally protected species on Monday, as of Tuesday evening, wolves can now be shot on sight within 85% of the state, a.k.a. the “predator zone.” In…
Read MoreCourt Overturns Injunction Allowing Mexican Wolf Releases to Resume
One battle over how to save endangered wolves in the Southwest ended today with a victory that bodes well for endangered species nationwide! In May 2016, the state of New…
Read MoreURGENT: Fate for Endangered Wolves To Be Decided By Politicians This Week
In order to fund the federal government beyond April 28, Congress must finalize a spending deal this week. Annoyed by the fact that endangered species protection decisions are by federal…
Read MoreWolf Conservation Center’s Regan Downey Discusses Why Science Matters
Every voice raised in support of the science can make a difference. And when we all march together we can make big things happen! Today on Earth Day, the Wolf…
Read MoreA March for Science is a March for Wolves
The March for Science is taking place tomorrow all across the country. We will be marching for science, and most of us will be marching for the environment, too, because…
Read MoreAmbassador Wolf Milestone: Happy Birthday Alawa and Zephyr!
Throw back your head and let out a long celebratory birthday howl for Alawa and Zephyr! It’s hard to believe our rambunctious pups are entering their spectacular sixes! An inspiration…
Read MoreChildren to Give Name to Wandering Wolf from Mexico, Captured in Arizona
Mexican gray wolf f1505, a.k.a “Trumpet” Tucson, AZ. – A female Mexican gray wolf, born in captivity and released in Mexico, and who was captured in southeastern Arizona on March…
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