Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New rules have been approved for gray wolf hunting and trapping in Wisconsin. The rules were developed by the Department of ...

Wisconsin wildlife officials unanimously approved a contentious new wolf management plan Wednesday that doesn't include a specific population goal despite demands from hunters and farmers to cap the ...

Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources on Thursday defended the absence of a hard cap on the state's wolf population in a new management plan. The defense of the practice came during a hearing in ...

Wisconsin had an estimated 1,226 gray wolves in 336 packs in late winter 2025, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The 2025 population estimate represented a slight decline from the ...

MADISON, Wis. — Animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's new wolf management plan, accusing state wildlife officials of violating the state's open meetings ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — As many as one-third of Wisconsin's gray wolves likely died at the hands of humans in the months after the federal government announced it was ending legal protections, ...

MADISON (AP) -- Wisconsin wildlife officials unanimously approved a contentious new wolf management plan Wednesday that doesn't include a specific population goal despite demands from hunters and ...

MADISON, Wis.MADISON, Wis. — Wolf hunters in Wisconsin would have to register their kills faster, face a limited window for training their dogs and couldn’t disturb dens under new regulations being ...

In 1974 when the gray wolf was officially listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, there were only about 750 wolves in the Great Lakes region. Today, it is estimated that there are over ...

A record 40 hunting dogs were killed by wolves during the monthlong bear season in Wisconsin. Hunters believe there are too many wolves in the Badger State. Gray wolves are a growing concern among ...

The howl of a wolf echoed loudly through the Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center and sent a chill down my spine. I have heard that sound from deep in the woods of northern Wisconsin, but the ...