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California wolf diet study shows that cattle are overpopulated

July 27, 2026

A new study from the University of California Davis on the diet of the state’s expanding wolf population is causing quite a stir in the livestock industry, and also in wildlife conservation circles. The headline-grabbing finding was that beef has been found in 72% of wolf scat, while their natural prey were found in a smaller proportion of samples – 51% for small mammals and 45% for mule deer. Kind of makes it sound like wolves are concentrating their efforts on cattle in northern California, right? That’s the story that the livestock industry and its allies are running with. But a detailed analysis of the study itself reveals quite different (and surprising) conclusions….

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Washington needs wolf management that reflects the peoples’ desires

July 18, 2026

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s estimated 2025 annual wolf count increased the population to 270. This increase sounds like stable recovery, but Washington can’t take our wolf population for granted. There has been no successful dispersal to the southern Cascades or the northwest coast, two areas of prime habitat that the 2011 Wolf Recovery Plan requires before the population can be considered recovered.

Tasked with recommending strategies for reducing conflicts with wolves, the Wolf Advisory Group is composed of one-third ranchers, one-third hunters, and one-third environmentalists. Since hunting and ranching anti-wolf interests align, environmentalists advocating for wolves are outnumbered 2 to 1 when…

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