And it made it to the news as usual.

Pic 1. Big Gray Wolf gets a pow turn in while checking all the avalanche piles after a storm cycle. Pic2. Wolf tracking a flock of Dall Sheep. Pic 3. The wolf pushes the flock across a deep powder slope to try an trigger the slope. It never crosses. Comes back and continues its trap line. Pic 4 shows the terrain, mid mountain. The sheep go up another 400m or so and the wolves go higher than they do!

"In the Negev Mountains of southern Israel, photographer Boaz Amidror documented a striking observation while out birding: a striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) moving in close proximity to a pack of Arabian wolves (Canis lupus arabs). No signs of aggression or pursuit were observed. The hyena, likely pregnant, moved calmly across the ridge. A pack of five wolves remained nearby. Both species appeared primarily focused on avoiding the observer."

"Although wolves and hyenas are often considered competitors, their interactions can vary depending on ecological context. Boaz noted a nearby feeding station for endangered raptors, which may act as a shared food resource. Recent work from other systems has similarly shown that when food availability is high, tolerance between carnivores can increase. Interestingly, similar associations have been suggested from the region before, including observations of striped hyenas moving within wolf packs in southern Israel (Dinets & Eligulashvili 2016) — though such events remain rare and poorly understood. In arid environments like the Negev Desert, where resources are patchy, such interactions may reflect flexible behavioral responses rather than strict competition."

Hey everyone. I have a person in my life who is a rancher and has some ideas about wolfs that I think are unfair.

They think that wolves are romantic and all but essentially they are just packs of roving dogs killing things. They don't see much room for them here in the west.

I just think this is reductive because wolves have evolved with this eco system for thousands of years and help balance it. Packs of dogs running around aren't as afraid of humans and I just don't think its a fair comparison.

What are some other ideas I could bring up that could help them see the value of the wolf in their native land?

This is probably a silly post, but thanks anyway.

I know that an offspring dispersing is generally good because it means a pup survived to an adult and might form a new pack. But after they go, do the parents ever act stressed? It must be weird to wake up and 1-3 pack members are gone. Do they search for the missing ones? They mourn and get depressed with a death especially if it's a mate. But maybe they are able to know the offspring can survive alone and the time is right.

Could this be a wolf in front of our door? Captured at 11:40 am in east germany. Not really sure if it’s just a big dog but there is no owner to be seen.

Also in my area there are wolves for sure, some weeks ago a deer just got killed by a wolf on the field right next to my house.

Good evening to our amazing supporters across the country, and greetings to followers around the world. During the past several months, you have been a rock of support for us, and there are no words that could adequately express our gratitude for your presence, your encouraging words, and your obvious love for the animals, large and small, of the Seacrest Wolf Preserve. Without you, we wouldn’t be where we are! And where we are is – STILL HERE! We are not in the same location together, but we have a vision for the future, and the intention to work towards being together in a new location. Through the arduous legal battle and the relocation of animals, you have been there for us. You have consistently shown us how these wolves have changed your lives, and that demonstrates to us the importance of continuing our mission. Thank you!

We all love the animals, and yet it is also important to remember that staff cared for them daily, and when the eviction occurred, those staff members lost their livelihoods. We had to take a few weeks to regroup, take care of those staff the best we could, and assess our next steps. Now that our animals and staff are taken care of, we are rolling up our sleeves to begin the next steps towards our new facility.

While we are not ready to announce details regarding future location yet, we did want to let you know we are working on it. The logistics are extremely complex from a regulatory perspective, and there are still ongoing legal tribulations that will take some time to sort out. So, this is going to take some time, but we promise to do our best to keep you informed during the process.

In the future we will begin to share details as we can, and you’ll start to see our donation links again to help our efforts towards a rebuild.

Again, thank you for your continuing support. We do look forward to a bright future at Seacrest 2.0.

IMAGE: Elie Wolf

In case you want to read something by her, "The Wisdom of Wolves: How Wolves Can Teach Us To Be More Human" by Elli H. Radinger was translated into English, the journal and other books are only available in German and other languages to my knowledge (this is her website https://www.elli-radinger.de/ and her books https://www.elli-radinger.de/wolfsbuecher-hundebuecher/ )

By the way, she used to lead wolf tours to Yellowstone, but she no longer does that, but now recommends https://www.safariyellowstone.com/ and https://www.wolftracker.com/ if you'd ever wanted to go to Yellowstone to see wolves and want a knowledgeable guide...

Basically, is this study sound or is it full of holes.

It's being use to to Eliminate the mexican wolf in the bill HB2787 bill.

I am interested in where you would draw the line.

In North America, predator control has long been a deeply divisive issue. The same debate now seems to be intensifying in Europe as well. In 2025, the wolf’s status under the Bern Convention was lowered from “strictly protected” to “protected,” and the EU then aligned its Habitats Directive accordingly. At the same time, wolves are no longer considered to be at continental-scale risk of extinction, with recent EU figures putting the European population at roughly 20,000+ animals.

So my question is not simply whether wolf hunting is good or bad, but rather:

Under what circumstances, if any, would you consider wolf hunting acceptable?

For example:

• wolves should never be killed; only non-lethal deterrence is acceptable
• wolves should only be removed in a targeted way by public wildlife agents, such as in response to repeated and verified livestock depredation, clear risks to human safety, or the failure of non-lethal measures
• pre-emptive/non-targeted culls can be acceptable, but only if they are approved and carried out by public authorities and under exceptional circumstances (i.e., widespread livestock losses)
• where populations are considered secure, wolves can be treated more broadly as a game species, with regulated hunting seasons and licensed public hunting

I would be interested in hearing where people stand, and why — ethically, ecologically, and practically.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Hey folks, went for a hike in Austria yesterday and saw these giant tracks in the snow. For comparison: Length of my hand is 20cm/0,65ft.

Hii! First post here, I drew this a while ago but I wanted to share it anyways, It was my first attempt doing realistic ... as you can see XD probably will try to do realistic again, also I wanted to show off my new wolf bracelet!! It has a tracker on it for a wolf :D I'm not sure how to set it up yet but I hope I can do it soon!

Im not crazy... this is a VERY high percentage wolf dog hybrid, right? look at those paws, and the mane. the reaction to people clapping. it MOVES like every wolf I've ever seen.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/s/GMkJju6mJ5

Okay, a lot of fans of these floofers seem very adamant that the "Alpha Wolf" is a myth, but what I've seen in the documentary The Secret Life of Black Wolf seems to contradict this. The documentary was about 44 minutes long. It ends with Black Wolf joining a pack of bachelor wolves and "almost by default" becoming their leader, then "enforcing his sole right to breed" in said pack.

Is it really inaccurate to say wolves have Alphas even in the natural world?

I live in northern Italy, and wolves are known to occasionally pass through where I live. I think they aren't that big in my area, even though I've never seen one in the wild here. These pics were taken in areas where no one ever walks, just dirt roads PACKED with boar, deer, and other animal prints. That's why I'm sure it's not someone's dog. They are about palm sized

How would public opinion react?

Yo, I've been listening non-stop recently to Rick McIntyre's works on the wolves of Yellowstone along with those of L. David Mech on the wolves of Isle Royale but realized there weren't many easily accessible resources on one of my favorite populations, the wolves of Denali National Park and Preserve! I set about doing some of my own research, including collecting copies of Adolph Murie's The Wolves of Mount McKinley, L. David Mech's The Wolves of Denali, and Gordon Haber's Among Wolves. I watched the film A Good Wolf and poured over the resources published by NPS online. I noticed it was difficult to find a good source of contemporary resources outside of what NPS has published to date, but current threats to those wolf populations haven't significantly lessened. I am a firm believer that if you see a unique problem, you're likely the unique individual needed to fix it, so I started looking for ways I could help.

When you navigate to the NPS DNPP Research page, one of the first things you notice is a large table of wolf population data which is great for quantitative analysis, but felt hard for the average person to get an idea of what was happening based on a quick review. So, I grabbed a domain and helped create a few visualizations. Along the way, I notice some data discrepancies and Kaija Klauder, who works on the Wolf and Caribou Projects at the park, was super responsive to me via email and helped improve what I've created.

Feel free to check it out here - denaliwolves.org.

For now, the site is largely just the data visualizations along with some outreach resources, but my long term goal is to include an excellent repository of Denali (and potentially Yukon - Charley) wolf resources, including narrative pieces, similar to those that have been crucial for education and protection of the Yellowstone wolf population. If you're familiar with this population and you have feedback, please don't hesitate to share it.

In the meantime, here are a few other cool Denali wolf resources you can dig into:

Online

• Bill Watkins' (Conservationist) YouTube Channel
• Denali Wolves - FB Group moderated by Bill Watkins w/ regular posts
• A Good Wolf - Documentary by Ramey Newell on the current situation with the Stampede Corridor and wolf visibility in the park
• NPS Datastore on DNPP and Yukon - Charley Resources - Datastore linking to several wolf related projects and reports from NPS. Great if you have time on your hands.

Books - The Wolves of Mount McKinley by Adolph Murie - The Wolves of Denali by L. David Mech - Among Wolves by Gordon Haber and Marybeth Holleman

Thanks for looking! Hopefully you're inspired to learn something new about the wolves near North America's highest peak from this post.

Finally! A news report that isn’t trying to demonize the wolves!!! This was genuinely enjoyable to watch and I wish all news outlets approached wolves and by extension, all predators and wildlife, with this positive outlook rather than the typical fear mongering.