Ranchers from California's San Joaquin Valley are urging state leaders to create more flexible laws so that they can protect cattle and recoup losses from gray wolf attacks. Ranchers are limited in ...

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — In far Northern California, beneath a towering mountain ridge still covered in April snow, one of the state’s last cowboys stood in the tall green grass of a pasture he tends ...

While the reintroduction of wolves has led to significant challenges for local ranchers, some say they are willing to deal with the animals if they will return to their natural habitat.

Ranchers Jay and Chyenne Smith raise Black Angus cattle near the tiny town of Carmen, Idaho. The ranch is located just over the ridge from one of the original sites of wolf reintroduction, and the ...

Confirmed and probable wolf attacks on cattle in Tulare County are underreported, likely due to undiscovered carcasses or ranchers not reporting. Ranchers face limitations in protecting their cattle ...

A gray wolf captured on a game camera approaching a bull in June of 2023. (Tina Saitone and Ken Tate / UC Davis) Motion-activated field cameras, GPS collars, wolf scat analysis and cattle tail hair ...

Wolf attacks on California cattle rose from 54 to 122 between June and Sept. State strike teams using nonlethal tools failed to curb escalating livestock losses. Ranchers face economic strain, ...

In the three months since California stationed game wardens and scientists to round-the-clock shifts to help ranchers stave off wolf attacks on cattle, the number of bloody incidents in the state's ...