On or around Christmas Day, a female Yellowstone wolf is thought to have wandered alone across the park's boundary into Montana. She was later found dead. An investigation is ongoing, but the cause is likely poaching. The targeting of Yellowstone's wolves must end. Hunting Yellowstone wolves who cross into Montana is legal — but this killing occurred after a state-imposed quota had already been met. The Center is in court to stop the massacring of wolves throughout the northern Rockies. While wolves are protected under the Endangered Species Act in most of the lower 48 states, in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming they're fair game. Wolves naturally wander to find food and mates. The Jackson Butte pack, to which this wolf belonged, has fallen victim to these kinds of attacks for years. It's believed that the wolf who was just killed, known as 1478F, could have become a leader of that pack. Now she's gone, and the pack's suffering continues. The last matriarch died late in 2024, and anoth...