Month: March 2019
Trail Cam Reveals Wolf Conservation Center’s Other Wild Residents
Although the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) is only an hour away from New York City, there’s actually more native wildlife around than a person might expect. From owls and eagles…
Read MoreScientific Report Finds Red Wolf and Mexican Gray Wolf as Taxonomically Valid
Is the red wolf a distinct species or, as critics in North Carolina have long contended, a hybrid unworthy of Endangered Species Act protection? What about the Mexican gray wolf…
Read MoreHowls of Thanks
You did it! Yesterday we invited you to be a part of our one-day LoboWeek fundraiser and you heard our howls! Hundreds of supporters helped the WCC raise close to…
Read MoreTiny wolf. Big personality. GIANT raffle prizes!
It’s LoboWeek! This week marks the 21st anniversary of the Mexican gray wolf’s (“Lobo”) return to the wild! Missing from the landscape for more than 30 years, the howl of…
Read MoreLoboWeek – Celebrating the Mexican Gray Wolf’s Wild Milestone
This week marks the 21st anniversary of the Mexican gray wolf’s (“Lobo”) return to the wild! Missing from the landscape for more than 30 years, the howl of the rarest…
Read MoreFeds Urged to Free Two Endangered Wolves Trapped in New Mexico
SILVER CITY, N.M.— Thirty-seven organizations today sent a letter urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to free two endangered wolves trapped in New Mexico and halt additional trapping. Federal trappers recently…
Read MoreIdaho Kills Seven Wolves to Boost Elk Numbers for Human Hunters
Idaho killed seven wolves via its “Wolf Control Program” in the remote and rugged areas of the Clearwater National Forest. The state wants to kill wolves to boost the elk…
Read MoreLawsuit Filed to End Artificial Feeding At National Elk Refuge
A coalition of environmental groups yesterday sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) seeking to halt the practice of artificially feeding nearly 10,000 elk at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson…
Read MoreEmergency Action to Save America’s Gray Wolves
On March 15, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officially proposed removing federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the entire lower 48 states, a plan that…
Read MoreBoth Dogs and Wolves Cooperate with Humans
A recent study conducted by behavioral researchers in Austria shows that dogs and wolves both work equally well with humans, albeit in different ways. The study tested the extent to which dogs…
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