Resolution 43 which asks the governor of Idaho to declare a state of emergency for Idaho and use any legal means necessary to reduce the number of wolves to the minimum required to recover the species – which could be as low as 100 wolves.

A memo leaked, and subsequently republished on Ralph Maughan’s blog, reveals something many wolf advocates have suspected – Idaho is looking to drastically reduce the number of wolves in the state.

According to a post on Ralph Maughan’s well-known wolf advocacy blog, the wolf confiscated by officials from an Idaho woman – who sought to see the wolf counted towards the state’s quota - had been left to rot where it was shot.

Idaho officials are not fooled when a local woman tries a plan to influence the quota count through subterfuge.

The sixth wolf hunting zone has closed in Idaho after the quota was met, but dozens more wolves are earmarked for extermination.

An Idaho man who shot a wolf illegally in June 2008 must pay restitution, but will not face charges.

After a year which was marked by a number of steps backwards for America’s wolves, wolf advocates are preparing for another year of fights – and do so by asking for last minute donations.

According to the Idaho Fish and Game website, the Palouse-Hells Canyon zone closed Friday, December.

With 3 months left in the Idaho wolf hunts, stretching in to wolf mating season, a brief examination of the numbers reveal gaping holes in Idaho’s math and highlight a true desire by the state to drive wolf numbers down significantly.

  Ralph Maughan, on his well respected blog, reports the aerial shooting of a pack of Idaho wolves.