The European Commission will propose next year relaxing the rules to safeguard the wolf, after an international committee decided to downgrade its protection status. On Tuesday, the standing committee ...

The EU is trying to downgrade the protection status of wolves in Europe. Scientists say there are many ways to co-exist with these creatures that are vital for a healthy ecosystem. This next story ...

European Gray Wolf, Canis lupus lupus, Group of Wolves, Germany [Getty Images: Raimund Linke] Weakening the protected status of wolves risks using the wolf as a scapegoat. Animal rights group Humane ...

Change in status under Bern Convention on nature protection could expose burgeoning wolf populations to culling and hunting for sport. The Council of Europe has backed an EU proposal to downgrade the ...

On World Wildlife Day (March 3), we’re asked to reflect on what it means to protect the earthlings who share this planet with us. Few animals reveal the answer more clearly than wolves. Gray wolves ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In December, the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention voted to downgrade its status, accepting a controversial EU proposal. A ...

Wolves across Europe are set to lose their “strictly protected” status. The move is seen as a win for farmers concerned about loss of livestock, but conservationists warn that removing protections ...

Zephyr, a gray wolf, at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem. The center has "ambassador wolves" for education purposes and also participates in captive breeding and reintroduction of Mexican ...

Brussels – The European Union has voted to ease protection rules for wolves – whose numbers have been rising in Europe – making it easier to allow hunting under strict conditions. Members of the Bern ...

This week, the European Commission will make a decision about whether to weaken the legal protection of the European grey wolf. If it goes ahead, it would mean a step further towards legalising the ...

Wild animal protection group Faunabescherming has made a formal complaint about a man who called in the police after claiming he was attacked by a wolf in Drenthe at the weekend. The animal was shot ...

Axel Hunnicutt stood by the side of a dusty dirt road in California's high country rangeland and howled like a wolf. He waited a beat, and then it came. From just over a nearby hillock, a howl floated ...