Gray wolf hunts are under way in Montana and Idaho as state officials seek to sharply reduce the predator's numbers in hopes of curbing attacks on livestock and big game herds. Montana's hunt kicked ...

Some Montana lawmakers and sportsmen claim that state’s wolf hunting regulations are too restrictive and won’t let them kill the wolves fast enough.

Although conservationists are celebrating a legal victory this week in their fight to restore protections for wolves in the West, wolves remain under state control in Idaho, where hunting and trapping ...

SALMON, Idaho, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The first statewide competition in decades to hunt wolves and coyotes in Idaho has sparked outrage among wildlife conservationists, who condemned it as "an organized ...

Conservationists who are pushing for additional protections for wolves say a recent Montana court ruling represents a major victory for wolves. (File photo courtesy of MacNeil Lyons/U.S. Fish and ...

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...

The day after Idaho’s 2011-12 wolf hunting season ended, some parts of the state started hunting for 2012-13. Private lands in the state’s northern panhandle region are allowed to keep the pressure on ...