Gray Wolf in New Mexico?

Very interesting....


Gray wolf sighted in New Mexico

Species could have spread from northern Rockies.

From the Associated Press
7:38 PM PDT, June 30, 2008

SANTA FE -- A possible gray wolf has been sighted on a ranch in northern New Mexico, raising the prospect that wolves may have migrated into the state from the Northern Rockies where they were reintroduced more than a decade ago.

There's been...(complete article here).

Wolf Killed While Seeking Warmer Climate

More on wolf recovery.

Rogue Wolf Kills Dozen Sheep in Massachusetts

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When more than a dozen lambs and sheep were slaughtered on a Shelburne farm last fall, wildlife officials suspected either a wolf that had escaped from captivity or a rogue mutt on a hungry rampage.

But after the culprit animal was killed and examined, they found themselves with a bigger mystery: How did a wild eastern gray wolf, an endangered species absent from the state for more than a century, find its way to western Massachusetts?

Thomas J. Healy, head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Northeast regional office, said Tuesday recent DNA tests at...(complete article here).

Montana Wolf Control

If left unchecked, the exploding population of wolves could become a nightmare.

Advisory council recommends killing 130 wolves in Montana next year

From the Associated Press
December 11, 2007

HELENA, Mont. -- Up to 130 wolves could be shot in Montana next year through hunting and livestock damage control if the animal is taken off the endangered species list.

That recommendation from the Montana Wolf Management Advisory Council would...(complete article here).