The Associated Press and KDSK in St. Louis offer updates on the current status of five puppies which offer hope and optimism for the beleaguered Mexican Wolf recovery program.

Test results confirmed some of the scat found on High Lonesome Ranch belonged to coyotes, however other samples were too decomposed to successfully identify the source.

The Wyoming Gray Wolf Recovery Status Report for this week shows that wildlife services have for the year so far killed 19 wolves in response to livestock predation… more than three times the number of “confirmed” wolf predations for the state.

Freelance writer, hunter and outdoor enthusiast Darren Marcy wrote a piece which appears on the Rutland Herald Web site.

There are many things which the candidates for Park County commissioner disagree on, but one area they have determined it is politically expedient to agree on is their support of the Wyoming wolf plan.

Matt Skoglund wrote a new entry in his Switchboard blog regarding the thoughts of NRDC on Montana’s second hunt.

This editorial was published in the Arizona Republic addressing the Mexican gray wolf recovery program, it’s importance and it’s challenges.

Louisa Wilcox, a senior wildlife advocate for NRDC, wrote an interesting perspective piece for her blog on the NRDC switchboard giving an insiders view of the proceedings in Judge Molloy’s courtroom.

Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is concerned after the alpha male of the only confirmed breeding pair in the state has been missing for three weeks.

After an extended silence, a Colorado NPR station talks to the biologist investigating claims of wolves settling in High Lonesome Ranch in Western Colorado and gives an overview of current wolf sentiments.