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10/14/2026

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

USDA just told every wolf state to take another look at its protections. Not its science. Its protections.

The memo urges states to loosen wolf protections and send USDA more requests to kill wolves, before the federal government has even finished deciding whether Gray Wolves and Mexican Wolves keep their Endangered Species Act protection. Killing first, paperwork later. Secretary Burgum’s decision is due in early December.

Ten states, roughly 8,000 Gray Wolves in the lower 48. Three of them, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, already decide what happens to their wolves. The other seven would only if protection comes off. This memo is the Administration leaning on all of them, and on Burgum, at once.

Tell Congress: keep Gray Wolves and Mexican Wolves federally protected. The letter is found at the link in our comments and only takes 30 seconds to send.

10/12/2026

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!

This moving short film, directed by Rain, provides crucial insight into how wolves are foundational to many Indigenous cultures and how the Trump Administration’s removal of federal protections from wolves in 2020 severely undermined tribal cultures.

We cannot let it happen again!

Take action today at http://TeamWolf.Org!

10/09/2026

NEW ACTION ALERT!

On September 4, the President signed an executive order that gives Interior Secretary Burgum until December 3 to decide whether Gray Wolves and Mexican Wolves should lose their federal protections. It doesn’t stop there. The same order tells Interior to write the delisting bill for Congress and to lean on states to drop their own wolf protections too.

This is the third hit in four months. In July, the agencies erased the decades-old definition of “harm” that protected the places endangered animals live, and ended automatic protection for newly listed threatened species. The House has already passed a bill stripping Gray Wolves of federal protection. A second bill, to delist the Mexican Wolf, is waiting for a floor vote. There are about 317 Mexican Wolves left in the wild. Three hundred seventeen.

Roughly 8,000 Gray Wolves are found across ten states in the lower 48. Only three of those states already decide what happens to their wolves, and the hunts they run are recreational, every one of them. Take the federal protection off and the other seven could get the same green light.

Your representative gets to say no. Time is running out but fortunately, it only takes two minutes to send a letter urging Congress to keep wolf protections in place. Act now at the link in our comments!

10/07/2026

Nine wolves believed to belong to one Wisconsin pack were trapped and killed by USDA Wildlife Services after the Wisconsin DNR cited verified threats to human safety.

This is a story about the authority Wildlife Services already has to kill wolves—and how quickly an entire pack can be erased when officials decide killing is the answer.

That matters because wolf-hunters constantly invoke safety to people and livestock as their justification for killing wolves. Wisconsin livestock producers deserve real support when wolves kill or injure livestock—prompt investigations, effective nonlethal deterrence, evidence-based conflict response, and fair compensation for verified losses. The state already has systems for addressing those conflicts.

But a recreational wolf hunt doesn't address any of that. It would not replace range riders, fladry, better husbandry, attractant removal, or compensation. It would not identify the specific wolf involved in a verified conflict. It would simply expand the number of people authorized to kill wolves—including wolves that have never gone near livestock, a home, or a person.

Wolf hunts aren't about safety. They are recreation. All wolf hunts are recreational.

That is why federal protection matters. Congress must stop turning wolves into political targets and keep Gray Wolves and Mexican Wolves protected under the Endangered Species Act. And right now, they are being pressured by Trump's executive order to hand control of wolves back over to the states nationwide.

We know what will happen. We must raise our voice. Send a letter to Congress today at the link in comments!

10/05/2026

Team Wolf graded how ten states treat their wolves. Trapping. Snaring. Whether there is a hunting season. Whether killing is the first answer or the last one. Whether ranchers actually get paid.

Line those grades up against how the same states treat every other animal — the Animal Legal Defense Fund ranks all fifty on animal protection law — and they match almost exactly.

The four states that treat wolves best sit at 1st, 5th, 6th and 8th in the country. The four that treat them worst sit at 30th, 35th, 38th and 48th.

Wolf policy is not a niche issue with its own separate politics. It is a symptom.

See the full report card at the link in the comments.

10/04/2026

Delisting is supposed to be a conservation success story. For wolves, it can become the moment states take over—and accountability disappears.

In his latest Peter & the Wolves essay, Team Wolf Chief Scientist Dr. Peter Kareiva explains why we created the State Wolf Management Report Card.

Ten states in the lower 48 have established Gray Wolf populations (not including Mexican wolves). Three already decide what happens to their wolves. Seven more could be next.

The report card measures each state against a clear standard: Is its wolf management based on science? Is it transparent? Does it treat wolves—and ranchers—humanely?

Those questions are not academic. In 2021, Wisconsin’s wolf hunt killed 218 wolves in just 60 hours after the state set a quota of 200. And today, four of the ten states we reviewed received a D for ethical and humane treatment.

Peter lays out the 12 specific, verifiable practices behind each score—and why accountability matters before more wolf families are put in the crosshairs.

Read his full substack at: https://peterandthewolves.substack.com/p/holding-states-accountable

10/03/2026

Montana and Wyoming’s wolf hunts are now underway—and the bloodlust amongst hunters is as strong as ever.

This is the reality wolves already face when states are allowed to decide how many can be killed, how they can be killed, and whether anyone is held accountable for illegal kills.

These hunters celebrate the killing of wolves and encourage poaching through the phrase “Shoot, Shovel, and Shut Up”—or SSS.

This is not responsible wildlife policy. It is hatred directed at an intelligent, social species—one that is critical to maintaining ecological balance—and it has real consequences.

Trump’s executive order does not delist wolves today. But it directs Secretary Burgum to decide whether Gray Wolves and Mexican wolves should lose federal protection. If that order succeeds, what is happening in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho could become the norm across the country: state-sanctioned killing, weakened safeguards, and more wolves treated as disposable.

We cannot let that happen.

Sign Team Wolf’s letter urging Secretary Burgum to keep Gray Wolves and Mexican wolves federally protected at http://TeamWolf.Org!

10/01/2026

It's only been two weeks and hunters have already killed 13 wolves in Wyoming’s trophy-game zone—more than half the state’s 22-wolf limit. More than half in 14 days.

Hunt Areas 1 and 2 reached their combined limit of four wolves, closing in record time. Hunt Area 14 also closed after a wolf was killed.

In Montana, hunters have killed 6 wolves so far. 1 wolf was hunted down in WMU 313 which borders Yellowstone and closed on September 25.

The good news? Mollie’s Pack is safe. Wyoming officials confirmed that none of the wolves killed were from Yellowstone’s packs.

But this is no victory. Wolves across Wyoming and Montana are still being targeted and killed. They are family members, parents, and essential parts of the wild—not numbers on a quota sheet.

This could become status quo nationwide if we don't act. Raise your voice and demand that Sec. Burgum not delist wolves at TeamWolf.Org!

09/30/2026

We are saddened by the passing of Sylvia Borgonovo , a Montana photographer and devoted advocate for wolves and the wild places they call home.

We were grateful to be in touch with Sylvia and to highlight her work over the years. Though we did not know her personally, we will remember the generosity of her vision—and the care behind every image she shared.

When we reached out to Sylvia about sharing her work, she told us:

“As a retired nurse living in Montana, I find solace in the surrounding wildlife of Missoula and Yellowstone National Park, where I spend months capturing the beauty of wolves and wildlife through my lens. My mission is to foster a profound connection between humans and the animals (especially wolves) that inhabit our planet, hoping to inspire a shared sense of compassion and stewardship for nature.”

That hope comes through in her work. Her images made individual wolves unforgettable while reminding us that every animal, tree, and insect has a place and a purpose.

Our deepest condolences to Sylvia’s loved ones and to all who knew and admired her. We are grateful for the beauty, respect, and sense of responsibility she leaves behind.

09/29/2026

We put the same twelve questions to all ten states with established Gray Wolf populations, scored against their own published documents. This is every grade in every category, side by side.

The same split shows up down the board. The four lowest-scoring states all do better on transparency than on humane and ethical treatment. They may tell us what they are doing, but that doesn’t excuse the policies.

Science is the weakest column of the three: six of the ten scored C− or lower, and no state beat an A−.

Idaho, Montana and Wyoming — the three that already write their own rules for "managing" wolves — are the three lowest.

See the full report card at the link below in the comments.

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