Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren defended the licensed wolf hunt in Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, on Tuesday, claiming that it would help bring in new wolves and save the wolf population from inbreeding, while experts say the population is just too small.

Some are dubious about the numbers, but 24 hunting parties have been dispatched with snowmobiles, traps, and helicoptors to destroy a 400 wolf pack which has been blamed for killing 30 horses.

The European Commission plans to take legal action against Sweden over a wolf hunt that allegedly breaches EU law

JEFFERSON CITY Mo – DNA tests show that a 104-pound canine shot by a hunter in Carroll County Nov. 13 was an unusually large coyote.

he state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission will ask the federal government for a permit that would allow a limited wolf hunt in southwestern Montana because of the threat to the elk population there.

A tall story of terror and elk-stealing has been spun around a situation which led to a wolf being shot by a pair of Montana hunters.

Finland’s wolf population has dropped more than a third in the last four years, with researchers say high mortality rates and poaching have contributed to the decline.

Federal officials on Thursday denied Montana’s request to hunt gray wolves in response to increasing attacks on livestock and elk, leaving a settlement with environmentalists as the most immediate hope for the state to regain control over the endangered predators.

An article which appeared on the ScienceInsider Web site challenges the belief that a wolf population can survive massive losses to hunting without long-term harm to their numbers.

In the name of fair “sport” Idaho will allow hunters to trap wolves and use electronic calls in order to try and guarantee hitting what was an aggressive quota which hunters failed to achieve in 2009.