Howling Over Federal Plan to Expand Wolf Killing
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Federal wildlife officials allow expanding killing of ânon-essentialâ gray wolves in the northern Rockies.
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Switzerland wants to water down the protection given to wolves in Europe, which would allow the animal to be culled.
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As the gray wolf hovered on the brink of  extinction a decade ago, U.S. officials embarked on a  controversial plan to open the vast refuge of Yellowstone  National Park to the pack-based predators in the hopes of  rebuilding the species.
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By AP Wire Service  CHEYENNE, Wyo.  -- Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials want to manage the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species list in five other states, federal officials said Friday.
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By BEN NEARY  CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wolves will remain protected for now in Wyoming, where officials want to manage the animals by killing some, even as they come off the endangered species list in five other states, federal officials said Friday.
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By Associated Press  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday opened a 60-day comment period on its proposal to take gray wolves off the endangered species list in the northern Rocky Mountains.
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An animal-rights group has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of improperly withholding information gathered during its investigation into the near-fatal tiger attack on illusionist Roy Horn.
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Supporters see federal move granting greater flexibility. Critics predict more logging.
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Animal rights extremists are putting a horrified family through a cruel and macabre ordeal, it emerged yesterday.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 7--Federal officials are recommending driving away bird flocks at a proposed Navy landing strip in coastal North Carolina by using dogs, fireworks, poison and guns.   The measures are included in a U.S.
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A planned border fence has provoked alarm among land owners fearful of being cut off from their own property.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 4--North Dakota doesn't have a resident gray wolf population, but the Game and Fish Department is developing an action plan to deal with the species after it's removed from federally protected status in the eastern two-thirds of the state.
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Wolves are removed from the endangered species list in three US states, paving the way for hunting.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal group are opposing the move.
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Animal advocates around the nation hope that public outrage over dogfighting and puppy mill scandals in Virginia will force state and federal lawmakers to pass tougher animal abuse laws.
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For campers at Isle Royale National Park, sighting a gray wolf is a rare and thrilling experience. At least, it has been.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 26--Partners in the project to restore gray wolf populations in Minnesota and neighboring Great Lakes states gathered Monday in the Twin Cities to celebrate the turnover of management from federal hands to states and tribes.