How the Media Negatively Shapes the Narrative Around Wolves
It’s unconscionable and truly disappointing that our modern-day storytellers continue to vilify wolves, thereby perpetuating the myth that they are ferocious predators who actively stalk and viciously hunt humans. Nothing…
West Virginia Students Inspire Community to Make a Better World for Wolves
In a classroom in Martinsburg, West Virginia, home of the Berkeley Heights Elementary School Badgers, the sounds of curiosity and excitement fill the air. Mrs. Kelly Gray’s Roots and Shoots…
Federal Protections for Mexican Gray Wolves Under Attack
Mexican gray wolves are the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America, with just 286 known to live in the wild in the United States. Yet despite their tenuous…
Proposed Rules Poised to Dismantle Endangered Species Act
Your Voice Needed by December 22 The Trump Administration recently unveiled proposed Endangered Species Act (the Act) rules that severely undermine the Act and make it easier for corporations such…
Challenging Misconceptions About Red Wolf Reintroduction: Public Support Outweighs Opposition
The reintroduction of endangered wolves to their historical ranges is often framed in terms of human-centered costs and benefits–the latter, more frequently. For example, wildlife officials may emphasize potential human-wildlife…
Government Accidentally Kills Mother Mexican Wolf in Arizona
For immediate release: April 21, 2025 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center (914)763-2373; regan@nywolf.org Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club – Grand Canyon (Arizona)…
Meet the Gulf Coast Coyote Overlooked in the Colossal Headlines
On Wednesday, Scientific American published an article in which Colossal Biosciences continued its claim to have cloned red wolves and created new founder lines. This language is misleading, incorrect, and…
Wandering Wolf “Ella” Found Deceased in New Mexico
Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Sally Paez, New Mexico Wild (505) 350-0664, sally@nmwild.org Nico Lorenzen, Wild Arizona (520) 289-0147, nico@wildarizona.org Claire Musser,…
Another Mexican Gray Wolf Has Wandered North, and Conservationists are Celebrating Her Intrepid Roaming
Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, 928-202-1325 claire@gcwolfrecovery.org Nico Lorenzen, Wild Arizona, 520-289-0147, nico@wildarizona.org Jacqueline Covey, Defenders of Wildlife, 630-427-7164, jcovey@defenders.org Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center, 914-763-2373, regan@nywolf.org Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project,…
Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers are Up, but Trump Administration Budget Cuts Could Threaten Recovery
Mexican gray wolf population count increases, but lobos are still threatened by low gene diversity and high illegal killing Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, csmith@wildearthguardians.orgClaire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, claire@gcwolfrecovery.orgMichael Robinson,…