2023 Annual Report Dear Friends, The chatter of squirrels, interspersed by ravens squawking. The percussive thrum of woodpeckers, underlying the distinctive song of busy chickadees. And then the long, clear note of a wolf howl...
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Contact: Dutcher, Garrick For Immediate Release, Feb. 3, 2023 (208) 721-8020 gdutcher@livingwithwolves.org livingwithwolves.org What Happens to the Pack When a Wolf Dies? When People Kill Wolves, Packs Become Less Stable and Can Cease to Exist....
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After Montana and Idaho passed a slew of laws to encourage more wolf killing, Yellowstone’s wolves suffered the deadliest year since they were reintroduced nearly three decades ago. In the 2021-2022 hunting and trapping season,...
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2021 Annual Report Dear Friends, Twenty-five years ago, our time at wolf camp in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains came to an end. We never could have foreseen all that would unfold in the years that followed....
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Humankind is inclined to kill wolves, whenever they are perceived as a nuisance, with little regard for the consequences. There are ethical and ecological consequences in the way America’s recovering wolf population is being culled,...
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A wolf pack is an exceedingly complex social unit—an extended family of parents, offspring, siblings, aunts, uncles, and sometimes dispersers from other packs. There are old wolves that need to be cared for, pups that...
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The Idaho state legislature passed a new wolf killing bill in May 2021, that goes into effect on July 1, 2021. Drafted by ranchers primarily to address the interests of livestock producers, the law...
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Once again, an attempt by Idaho's Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to introduce wolf trapping in the Wood River Valley was averted through an overwhelming public outcry. This was the second time Blaine County...
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“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”– Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book Wolves are social animals, living in large family groups, or “packs.” In...
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