[large thumbnail url="new-report-highlights-need-for-changes-in-predator-management-policies" filename="science" year="2011" month="05" day="26"] [thumbnail icon url="new-report-highlights-need-for-changes-in-predator-management-policies" filename="science" year="2011" month="05" day="26"] Big Wildlife, a non-profit conservation group working to protect predators throughout the west, commissioned, and has now released a special report to evaluate current predator management policies.

[large thumbnail url="associated-press-publishes-intentionally-misleading-anti-wolf-article" filename="editorial" year="2011" month="05" day="26"] [thumbnail icon url="associated-press-publishes-intentionally-misleading-anti-wolf-article" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="26"] A writer for the Associated Press wrote an article which appeared on Madisonet.com, and other sites, which was filled with rhetoric and demonstrated a major bias in favor of the livestock industry.

[large thumbnail url="wolves-killing-fewer-cattle-in-wyoming-than-in-montana-idaho" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="26"] [thumbnail icon url="wolves-killing-fewer-cattle-in-wyoming-than-in-montana-idaho" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="26"] As Wyoming fights to join Montana and Idaho in getting its gray wolves removed from the endangered species list, a new report indicates that its cattle have fared better with the predator.

[large thumbnail url="wolf-hunting-popular-misconceptions-and-response" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="23"] [thumbnail icon url="wolf-hunting-popular-misconceptions-and-response" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="23"] George Wuerthner wrote the following on the New West web site deconstructing the general misconceptions.

[large thumbnail url="state-firms-up-wolf-management-framework" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="23"] [thumbnail icon url="state-firms-up-wolf-management-framework" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="23"] The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has received more guidance as it goes about resuming management of Idaho’s gray wolf population.

[large thumbnail url="idaho-authorizies-sheriffs-deputies-to-kill-wolves" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="23"] [thumbnail icon url="idaho-authorizies-sheriffs-deputies-to-kill-wolves" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="23"] (Reuters) – The state of Idaho has authorized sheriff’s deputies in a tiny mountain town to kill wolves blamed for preying on pets and elk, a spokesman for the state fish and game department said on Tuesday.

[large thumbnail url="saffire-gives-wolves-a-good-name" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="23"] [thumbnail icon url="saffire-gives-wolves-a-good-name" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="23"] CHESTER — Five-year-old Angeline Moore heard the stories of Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs before her Saturday visit to the Chester Library — where she came face to face with a live wolf.

[large thumbnail url="two-new-red-wolf-pups-born-in-tennessee-center" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="13"] [thumbnail icon url="two-new-red-wolf-pups-born-in-tennessee-center" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="13"] The Chattanooga Nature Center is home to two new babies, a pair of female red wolves.

[large thumbnail url="montana-fwp-sets-initial-quota-at-220-wolves" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="13"] [thumbnail icon url="montana-fwp-sets-initial-quota-at-220-wolves" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="13"] Hunters would be able to remove 220 gray wolves from Montana’s landscape this fall under a tentative quota and seasons adopted Thursday by the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission.

[large thumbnail url="michigan-republican-seeks-removal-of-wolf-protections-in-48-states" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="13"] [thumbnail icon url="michigan-republican-seeks-removal-of-wolf-protections-in-48-states" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="13"] Michigan republican representative, Candice Miller, wants wolf protections removed in 48 states.