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Snatched pets and livestock deaths blamed on wolves raise alarms in rural New Mexico

Catron County, NM, commissioners considered declaring an emergency due to wolf activity on February 3, 2025.
Efforts to reintroduce wolves in the western U.S. Have caused conflict, especially for ranchers.
The commissioners reported wolves maiming livestock, snatching pets, and behaving with little fear of humans.
Catron County stated the wolf program compromised residents' culture; one news release cited an immediate hazard.
Other counties and states face similar issues, with various strategies employed, including lethal and non-lethal methods.

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Our View: Rural voices deserve a say in Mexican gray wolf debate

The fight over Mexican gray wolves isn’t just a New Mexico problem. Sooner or later, it’s coming here. Ranchers in Catron County, New Mexico, are sounding the alarm. Livestock is being killed, pets are disappearing, and some residents fear letting…

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U.S. Sen. Johnson: Reintroduces legislation to delist gray wolf as endangered species

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.),along with two of his Republican colleagues, reintroduced legislation to return management of gray wolf populations to the states and delist the gray wolf as endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of...

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Residents risk having pets seized under new law - you have to beg to keep them

[/boxout] “I guess Northglenn is slowly progressing into becoming Russia since soon we’ll only be able to have a certain number of pets,” one person said. “What’s next? Can only have one TV and one car in one household?” Colorado isn’t the first state to have pet ordinances in certain cities. New Jersey, North Carolina, and California all allow cities to enforce pet ordinances. In Rhode Island, residents can own up to three adult dogs, as well a…

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California announces plans to relax protections for wolves as population grows

In the latest sign that wolves are continuing to make a comeback across California after being hunted out of existence for nearly a century, state wildlife officials have announced that population numbers have increased enough that they plan to relax rules that have set strict protections on the high-profile species.

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