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Is The Same Wolf Story Playing Out From The Midwest To California?

July 16, 2026

When a gray wolf comes into view on Jack Lavers’ Kern County, Calif., ranch, the veteran cattleman doesn’t need binoculars to know what he’s seeing.

“It is a different experience to witness one firsthand up close,” Lavers says. “To be honest, it gives you the chills. They don’t move like a normal dog or a coyote, and they’re so much larger. It is a little bit intimidating.”….

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Divisions emerge as WA looks to retool wolf shooting rules

July 10, 2026

A little more than two weeks ago, the director of the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife ordered the killing of one or two wolves in southeast Washington after a series of attacks occurred on livestock.

Before the June 23 order was carried out, wildlife officers found one wolf already dead.

The adult uncollared male had been illegally shot likely two days before the order, according to Fish and Wildlife. On June 30, agency officials killed a second wolf as part of the lethal removal operation. The agency’s police are investigating the illegal shooting….

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