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The Illusion of De-Extinction: Colossal Biosciences and the Myth of the Dire Wolf

By Britt RicciRecent News

Colossal Biosciences Inc. drew widespread media attention by claiming to have “resurrected” the dire wolf, an Ice Age predator that went extinct approximately 10,000 years ago. However, despite the headlines, the reality is these animals...

August 8, 2025

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2024 Annual Report

By Living with WolvesAnnual Reports, Recent News

2024 Annual Report Dear Friends, Wolves are elusive, wary, and difficult to observe, making them one of the world’s least understood animals, and sadly, one of North America’s most persecuted. More than 30 years ago,...

February 21, 2025

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2023 Annual Report

By Living with WolvesAnnual Reports, Recent News

2023 Annual Report Dear Friends, The chatter of squirrels, interspersed by ravens squawking. The percussive thrum of woodpeckers, underlying the distinctive song of busy chickadees. And then the long, clear note of a wolf howl...

November 17, 2023

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: What Happens to the Pack When a Wolf Dies?

By Living with WolvesRecent News

Contact: Dutcher, Garrick For Immediate Release, Feb. 3, 2023 (208) 721-8020 gdutcher@livingwithwolves.org livingwithwolves.org What Happens to the Pack When a Wolf Dies? When People Kill Wolves, Packs Become Less Stable and Can Cease to Exist....

February 9, 2023

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DID YOU KNOW? Wolves boost local economies.

By Living with WolvesDid You Know?, Recent News

October 24, 2022

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DID YOU KNOW? Yellowstone wolves had a devastating year.

By Living with WolvesDid You Know?, Recent News

After Montana and Idaho passed a slew of laws to encourage more wolf killing, Yellowstone’s wolves suffered the deadliest year since they were reintroduced nearly three decades ago. In the 2021-2022 hunting and trapping season,...

January 4, 2022

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2021 Annual Report

By Living with WolvesAnnual Reports, Recent News

2021 Annual Report Dear Friends, Twenty-five years ago, our time at wolf camp in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains came to an end. We never could have foreseen all that would unfold in the years that followed....

November 15, 2021

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DID YOU KNOW? Killing wolves has unexpected consequences.

By Living with WolvesDid You Know?, Recent News

Humankind is inclined to kill wolves, whenever they are perceived as a nuisance, with little regard for the consequences. There are ethical and ecological consequences in the way America’s recovering wolf population is being culled,...

August 10, 2021

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DID YOU KNOW? Wolves are intensely social and devoted to family.

By Living with WolvesDid You Know?, Recent News

A wolf pack is an exceedingly complex social unit—an extended family of parents, offspring, siblings, aunts, uncles, and sometimes dispersers from other packs. There are old wolves that need to be cared for, pups that...

August 4, 2021

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DID YOU KNOW? New laws escalate the war on wolves.

By Living with WolvesDid You Know?, Recent News

The Idaho state legislature passed a new wolf killing bill in May 2021, that goes into effect on July 1, 2021. Drafted by ranchers primarily to address the interests of livestock producers, the law...

June 30, 2021

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