Based on reports of wolves possibly returning to Colorado, Ohio, and Illinois  – with recently confirmed resettlement in Washington and Oregon, it appears wolves are slowly re-establishing themselves in much of their historic range.

The Alaska Fish and Game “aerial wolf control program” claimed the lives of entire packs of wolves – one of which was part of a 16-year study by the Park Service.

A pack of eight wolves has been wiped out already, and Defenders, along with other organizations, are working together to fight this legislatively and legally.

Ken Cole, writing on Ralph Maughan’s blog, posed this question, and discovered a very disturbing answer.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants the state to have control over the wolf population, which can only come if the federal government removes wolves in the state from the endangered species list.

B.C. and it’s mountain caribou science team want to take to the air to kill wolves, but the public, and other scientists, don’t agree and so the provincial government now has tough challenges ahead.

According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has taken to the air in planes and helicopters to track and kill wolves in Fortymile area.

An Alaska Wildlife Alliance memo reveals a lot of interesting information regarding the Alaska Board of Game that voted to remove the buffer zone for wolves which surrounded Denali National Park.

Alaska officials have killed two wolves who they believe may have been responsible for the death of a teacher in Chignik Lake on March 8, 2010.

The man who was walking Lola, the dog killed for barking at an Elk, believes so according to an article in the Durango Herald.