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California plans to GPS-collar elk, deer, wolves amid rising wolf–livestock clashes

THE CALIFORNIA Department of Fish and Wildlife is gearing up to capture various wild animals in Northern California and outfit them with GPS collars to ...
WUFT

The intended and unintended consequences of wolf reintroduction programs

2025 marks 30 years since the federal government reintroduced wolves to the western United States, one of the most successful and controversial wildlife programs in U.S. history. To mark the ...
Idaho Statesman

How wolves and livestock collide — and how one Idaho project offers solutions

Ranchers Jay and Chyenne Smith raise Black Angus cattle near the tiny town of Carmen, Idaho. The ranch is located just over the ridge from one of the original sites of wolf reintroduction, and the ...
The Spokesman-Review

Idaho state officials say number of cattle, sheep killed by wolves is decreasing

The number of livestock killed by wolves in Idaho is on the decline, Idaho Department of Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks told a committee of Idaho legislators Monday. During a meeting of the ...
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Cattle Battle: How wolves and livestock collide – and how one Idaho project offers solutions

CARMEN (Idaho Capital Sun) — Idaho rancher Jay Smith has a wolf problem. Over the last 20 years, Smith said wolves have killed more than 200 of his cattle and caused major financial harm to his family ...