Animals Archives

Wolves rebound, lose protections. Now future up to voters

October 30, 2020 9:36 AM Associated Press

The saucer-sized footprints in the mud around the bloody, disemboweled bison carcass were unmistakable:…

Idaho’s sockeye salmon run falters again; experts perplexed

October 29, 2020 11:16 AM Associated Press

A meager return of sockeye salmon to central Idaho this year despite high hopes and a new fish hatchery intended to help save the species from…

Pocatello Mayor delivers flamingo to 5 year old

October 26, 2020 1:51 PM Curtis Jackson

A 5-year-old Pocatello girl was surprised to see the mayor show up at her house last Thursday.…

Strut Your Mutt Day and Purranormal Cativity set for Saturday

October 23, 2020 12:13 PM News Team

The Snake River Animal Shelter is partnering with Best Friends Animal Society to designate Saturday as Strut Your Mutt Day…

3 moose illegally killed in west-central Idaho

October 21, 2020 12:00 PM Associated Press

Three bull moose were illegally shot and killed in Valley County in west-central Idaho, Idaho officials say, and a fourth bull moose was shot at but…

Wyoming Women’s Antelope Hunt supports state’s food banks

October 19, 2020 3:53 PM Associated Press

Donations from a recent women’s hunting event will directly benefit food pantries in the state, officials…

Fish and Game to trap, translocate elk responsible for repeated crop damage

October 15, 2020 10:02 AM News Team

Fish and Game will soon be trapping and translocating up to 70 antlerless elk in the Little Camas region of southern Idaho to reduce the size of the…

Authorities investigate killing of grizzly bear in Fremont County

October 8, 2020 9:48 AM Associated Press

Wildlife officials are investigating the killing of a federally protected grizzly bear near Coyote Meadows in Fremont County that had been part of a…

Exotic reptiles surrendered by Ammon couple

September 24, 2020 6:17 PM Chelsea Briar

Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers recently took possession of several exotic reptiles from an Idaho Falls area residence.…

Pocatello Animal Services to address stray cat problem with trap and release

September 23, 2020 6:41 PM Emma Iannacone

The Pocatello Animal Services is taking a new approach to an age-old problem: stray…

Pocatello Animal Shelter to close Monday for kennel installation

September 11, 2020 9:47 AM News Team

The Pocatello Animal Shelter will be closed Monday, September 14 while staff installs new cat kennels at the…

Eastern Idaho State Fair hit with wind damage

September 9, 2020 10:06 AM Ariel Schroeder

Two barns at the Eastern Idaho State Fair took a hit during Labor Day’s powerful winds.…

Idaho Falls Zoo goes to fall hours

September 7, 2020 11:44 AM News Team

The Idaho Falls Zoo will be moving to fall hours on Tuesday.…

Program trains wild horses for use in Wyoming forest

September 7, 2020 12:18 PM Associated Press

Some 95,114 wild horses and burros roam free throughout the United States, according to a March 1 count by the federal Bureau of Land…

Casper decides against ban on feeding feral cats, dogs

September 2, 2020 1:09 PM Associated Press

Officials in a Wyoming city have decided not to prohibit feeding feral cats and…

Reward offered after 2 doe mule deer shot and left to waste near Elk Bend

September 1, 2020 12:11 PM News Team

Idaho Fish and Game is asking the public for information regarding the recent poaching of two doe mule deer shot and left to waste near Elk Bend,…

Mountain lion kills pastured horse in southern Idaho

August 25, 2020 1:26 PM Associated Press

Wildlife officials in Idaho have said a mountain lion attacked and killed a horse this weekend while it was…

Coexisting with creepy-crawlies

August 13, 2020 4:26 PM Andrew Howe

– Late-Summer through Early-Fall is the time of year Idahoans are most likely to come face to face with the infamous hobo…

Sharpshooting debated as method to reduce Idaho elk numbers

August 10, 2020 4:49 PM Associated Press

The growth of the elk population in parts of Idaho has caused state wildlife officials to step up efforts to reduce the number of animals damaging…

Several Idaho Falls Zoo events canceled

August 7, 2020 1:03 PM News Team

Several upcoming fundraising events at the Idaho Falls Zoo have been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.…

Bonneville County 4-H Fair is in full swing

August 5, 2020 1:12 PM Ariel Schroeder

COVID-19 has spoiled a lot of summer fun, but the annual Bonneville County 4-H Fair is in full swing with a few adjustments to this year’s…

Pocatello Animal Shelter sports new look

August 5, 2020 10:37 AM News Team

Local artist Josh Pohlman has completed a 7’7” tall and 47’ long mural on the dog runs along the west side of the Pocatello Animal Shelter.…

Yellowstone officials: 7 grizzly bear attacks this year

July 22, 2020 5:23 PM Associated Press

Wildlife officials in Yellowstone National Park have documented seven grizzly bear encounters resulting in injuries so far this year, an increase…

Wild horse auction set next week

July 9, 2020 2:47 PM News Team

The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse auction in Bruneau July 14-21.…

Appeals court: Judge was right to revive grizzly protections

July 8, 2020 11:21 AM Associated Press

A U.S. appeals court said Wednesday that a federal judge was right to restore protections for about 700 grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region of…

Twelve dogs were rescued from a van sitting in a Fountain Valley parking lot. Officials said the temperature inside the van was 110 degrees.

What to do if you find a stray

July 3, 2020 3:58 PM Andrew Howe

The 4th of July marks one of the busiest days of the year for animal shelters…

US sets deadline for wolverines protection decision

July 2, 2020 1:16 PM Associated Press

U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to decide by the end of August whether climate change and other threats are pushing the rare wolverine closer to…

Puppies, iguana, tortoise taken from Mckee’s Pet, Garden, and Feed Center

June 26, 2020 11:53 AM News Team

The Chubbuck Police Department reports a theft occurred at 1 a.m. at Mckee’s Pet, Garden, and Feed Center on Friday.…

2 rabid bats found in Ada County, health officials urge caution around all bats

June 22, 2020 2:39 PM News Team

Idaho Public Health officials are reporting two bats have tested positive for rabies and were found in separate homes in Ada County.…

Winter survival estimates for mule deer, elk above average

June 15, 2020 5:25 PM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game report after a relatively mild winter, 73% of radio-collared elk calves and 63% of mule deer fawns survived through…

Wolf headaches persist for ranchers in elk-rich Jackson Hole

June 8, 2020 10:15 AM Associated Press

A large elk population continues to lure wolves to cattle ranches in Jackson Hole.…

Black bear euthanized in Wyoming after attempted break-in

June 2, 2020 1:46 PM Associated Press

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has killed a black bear that was believed to be the subject of several complaints in northwestern Wyoming near…

BASR releases update on dogs involved in fatal crash

May 18, 2020 4:04 PM News Team

The Blackfoot Animal Shelter & Rescue has released an update about an accident on Interstate 15 that killed two people and more than a dozen dogs…

Grizzly sow and cub in Island Park captured, relocated

May 18, 2020 12:26 PM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game staff captured a sow grizzly and her yearling cub in the Yale Creek area of Island Park after the bears were seen…

Cats can infect other cats with coronavirus, researchers find

May 14, 2020 11:19 AM CNN

Cats can infect other cats with the novel coronavirus, but they may not show any symptoms, according to a study published…

Fish and Game kill mountain lion in Idaho Falls to protect the public

May 13, 2020 12:59 PM Adrian Luevano

Idaho Department of Fish and Game officers killed an adult male mountain lion that exhibited no fear of humans and made no attempt to flee the area…

Conservation groups ask Washington state to kill less wolves

May 11, 2020 12:57 PM Associated Press

Conservation groups on Monday asked the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to sharply limit the number of endangered wolves that are killed over…

Lawsuit filed to stop US from killing coyotes in Idaho

May 8, 2020 1:35 PM Associated Press

Three environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. government from killing coyotes and other predators in Idaho until…

Judge allows lawsuit to ban bear baiting in Idaho, Wyoming

May 8, 2020 11:17 AM Associated Press

A lawsuit seeking to ban using bait for hunting black bears in national forests in Idaho and Wyoming can continue, a federal judge has…

Half-off dog licenses through the end of May

May 8, 2020 10:50 AM News Team

You can license your dog with Pocatello Animal Services for half-price through May…

Wyoming wildlife officials capture, kill unruly grizzly bear

May 6, 2020 1:24 PM Associated Press

An unruly grizzly bear that fell for a trap last week in Wyoming was captured and killed by wildlife officials who had their radar on the animal for…

US, Wyoming urge rejection of ruling that blocked bear hunts

May 5, 2020 3:42 PM Associated Press

Attorneys for the U.S. government and the state of Wyoming urged an appeals court Tuesday to throw out much of a judge’s ruling that blocked the…

Game cameras capture millions of pictures of wildlife

May 5, 2020 11:07 AM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game staff systematically placed nearly 600 game cameras across Idaho to document and count the population of wolves in…

Idaho Falls Zoo to open May 16

May 4, 2020 11:00 AM Curtis Jackson

The Idaho Falls Zoo is scheduled to open on May 16th with social distancing and other safety guidelines.…

Supply chain issues impacting local cattle market

April 24, 2020 7:23 PM News Team

Coronavirus has impacted the supply chain for much of the food industry and the local cattle market is feeling the effects.…

Experts report wolf population is stable in Wyoming

April 22, 2020 2:37 PM Associated Press

The wolf population in Wyoming has reached about 300 animals, around the same number of wolves wildlife managers aimed to have before hunting was…

Crews rescue dog trapped in badger hole

April 17, 2020 3:22 PM News Team

Jackson Hole Fire/EMS rescued a dog that was trapped in a badger hole…

Yellowstone Bear World opens for drive-thru only weekends

April 16, 2020 5:45 PM News Team

Yellowstone Bear World will be open for drive-thru only for the next two weekends.…

Local business alternatives for groceries

April 9, 2020 6:22 PM News Team

RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- What’s old is new again at two Eastern Idaho dairy farms. At Reed’s Dairy, the classic milkman is appearing on more…

Blackfoot Animal Shelter and Rescue adjusts services due to COVID-19

March 26, 2020 6:09 PM News Team

The Blackfoot Animal Shelter and Rescue (BASR) will be limiting its public counter services at least through April 15 to help combat the spread of…

Social distancing also impacting law enforcement

March 25, 2020 8:13 PM News Team

Gov. Brad Little’s state-wide stay-home order doesn’t include essential services like law enforcement, but agencies are still feeling the effects of…

Buy A Bag, Feed A Pet

March 20, 2020 4:27 PM News Team

The Snake River Animal Shelter not only provides food for the dogs and cats at the shelter but also to the community pet owners in need.…

Judge asked to force decision on US wolverine protections

March 18, 2020 5:01 PM Associated Press

Wildlife advocates on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge to force the government into deciding if the snow-loving wolverine should be federally protected…

Idaho wildlife agency kills 17 wolves in Lolo Zone

March 17, 2020 12:57 PM Associated Press

More than a dozen wolves were killed last month to help curb struggling elk populations in north-central Idaho, wildlife officials…

Yellowstone Bear World welcomes new cubs

Yellowstone Bear World welcomes 11 new cubs

March 13, 2020 9:27 AM Kaitlin Miklos

Twin, nine-week old bear cubs made their way onto the Local News 8 set Friday morning to help announce the exciting news they’ll be on a brief “tour”…

Yellowstone biologists spot first bear of 2020

March 9, 2020 5:21 PM News Team

The first confirmed grizzly bear sighting in Yellowstone National Park of 2020 occurred on…

Idaho wildlife officials investigate sturgeon poaching

March 9, 2020 11:14 AM Associated Press

State wildlife authorities are investigating a poaching incident after a sturgeon carcass was found in the Boise…

Reward offered for information regarding bull elk shot and left to waste

March 6, 2020 11:44 AM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game reports a bull elk was shot twice approximately 30 yards off of the Dingle Pond road, in Dingle in Bear Lake County…

Officials seek baby moose poacher

March 3, 2020 4:31 PM News Team

Idaho Fish and Game is looking for information regarding a poaching incident south of Driggs.…

Yellowstone bison entering Montana face slaughter, hunters

February 27, 2020 10:13 AM Associated Press

One of the last and largest wild bison populations in North America has begun its migration out of Yellowstone National Park into southwestern…

Authorities report more pronghorn killed in train accident

February 18, 2020 9:39 AM News Team

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is reporting an additional 32 pronghorn have been killed in a second train accident in eastern…

Low beaver activity in Mink Creek may not be linked to trapping

February 16, 2020 5:22 PM Emma Iannacone

Watershed Guardians and Idaho Fish and Game have separately been tracking the beaver activity in the area, and both have noticed a drop in…

Smooches From Pooches event in Pocatello

February 15, 2020 10:51 AM Matthew Rosenberg

If your Valentine’s Day quest for unconditional love was unsuccessful, it’s not too late to find some at the Smooches for Pooches event at the…

Elk hit by train in Bear Lake County

February 10, 2020 5:36 PM News Team

A train collided with a small group of elk near Dingle in Bear Lake County early Sunday morning.…

ISU Business Leader of the Year named

February 11, 2020 11:42 AM News Team

The Pocatello Pet Lodge and Pocatello Pet Lodge, Too owner is the Idaho State University Alpha Kappa Psi Delta Upsilon Chapter 61st Idaho Business…

Second group of elk ushered across highway near Sugar City

February 7, 2020 5:50 PM News Team

A group of 150 elk moved out of Teton Canyon earlier this week and headed west towards Highway 20 near Sugar City, again causing concern for passing…

$7,000 offered for help in 2018 Wyoming bird, dog poisonings

February 7, 2020 10:56 AM Associated Press

U.S. and Wyoming officials are offering cash rewards for useful information as they investigate the poisoning deaths of three dogs and dozens of…

Grizzly captures, kills, down substantially in Wyoming

February 4, 2020 12:52 PM Associated Press

Wildlife managers relocated or killed substantially fewer grizzly bears in northwestern Wyoming in 2019 compared to…

The ‘world’s worst cat’ has been adopted

February 3, 2020 4:34 PM CNN

Despite the odds, the “World’s Worst Cat” has just been adopted into a loving family. The Mitchell County Animal Rescue in North…

New lawsuit over Wyoming elk feeding seeks sooner phase-out

February 3, 2020 1:13 PM Associated Press

Environmental groups have filed a new lawsuit against the feeding of elk on a Wyoming wildlife refuge, saying the U.S. government should act sooner…

Bull elk rescued from hay tarp

January 30, 2020 5:42 PM News Team

Idaho Fish and Game wildlife biologists rushed to the rescue of a bull elk that had become entangled in a hay tarp in the Monteview area Thursday…

Weston woman named Ultimate Extreme Huntress

January 29, 2020 9:27 PM News Team

Lindsay Christensen had already held the title of Extreme Huntress when she was named Ultimate Extreme Huntress earlier this month.…

Idaho wildlife officials criticized for elk hunt

January 27, 2020 10:28 AM Associated Press

Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials are being criticized for taking part in a research project that led to the killing of 206 elk across…

Idaho wolf population is estimated at 1,000 animals

January 23, 2020 4:27 PM Associated Press

The director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game on Thursday said there are an estimated 1,000 wolves in…

Something’s fishy: Trout in the Classroom program begins in east Idaho

January 23, 2020 5:42 PM News Team

In the halls of Franklin Middle School, Shayne Hughes’ class has become pretty famous.…

Lawmaker proposes wolf-free zones in southern Idaho

January 22, 2020 4:46 PM Associated Press

Some areas in Idaho would be declared wolf-free zones, and other areas where the animals have killed livestock would have increased wolf-killing…

Dogs restricted from groomed Nordic trails in the Heise area

January 22, 2020 10:43 AM News Team

The Palisades Ranger District of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest has restricted dogs from using groomed Nordic trails near Kelly Canyon until…

Love, hate relationship: Residents divided on feelings about flock of wild turkeys

January 17, 2020 8:53 PM News Team

Some call them a nuisance and others say they love them. A flock of wild turkeys has seemingly arrived in the area around South Mink Creek Road out…

Endangered tamarin comes to Idaho Falls Zoo

January 15, 2020 5:26 PM News Team

A critically endangered one-pound cotton-top female tamarin has a new home at the Idaho Falls…

Lost cat from Russia has found his way home

January 15, 2020 5:29 PM Ariel Schroeder

After sharing Ivan’s story last week he has been reunited with his…

Foul weather postpones helicopter goat shoot in Grand Teton

January 9, 2020 12:29 PM Associated Press

Foul weather has postponed plans to kill nonnative mountain goats in Grand Teton National…

Cat from Russia found in Idaho Falls

January 7, 2020 5:45 PM Ariel Schroeder

One unique cat at the Idaho falls Animal Shelter may come with a lot of…

Dogs killed, injured in string of central Idaho mountain lion attacks

December 29, 2019 6:31 PM Emma Iannacone

Five mountain lion attacks in the past week have left dogs injured and dead in the Wood River…

Record whitefish landed at Bear Lake

December 20, 2019 3:16 PM News Team

A McCammon man found his way into the Idaho record books, during a fishing trip to Bear Lake December…

Officials say fewer eagles returning to Lake Coeur d’Alene

December 19, 2019 10:10 AM Associated Press

Public land managers say the number of eagles flocking to northern Idaho’s Lake Coeur d’Alene has unexpectedly dropped.…

F&G Commission expands 2020 spring steelhead fishing season starting Jan. 1

December 18, 2019 1:09 PM News Team

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission decided to reopen steelhead fishing in the Clearwater River and lower Snake River downstream of Couse Creek Boat…

2 Yellowstone wolf pups fatally hit by a vehicle

December 18, 2019 9:46 AM News Team

Two wolves from the Junction Butte Pack were fatally hit around sunset on the road between Tower Junction and the Northeast Entrance on Nov. 19…

Interior Department, states appeal sage grouse ruling

December 17, 2019 2:53 PM Associated Press

The Interior Department, Idaho and Wyoming are appealing a court ruling that halted a Trump administration plan to ease land-use restrictions in…

Here’s where Idaho’s ducks come from

December 26, 2019 10:00 AM News Team

When temperatures fall in December and January, duck hunting in Idaho — particularly in the southwest part of the state — often heats up with the…

Wild horses treated and released

December 16, 2019 12:03 PM News Team

The Bureau of Land Management has released 52 wild horse studs and nine mares back into the Challis Wild Horse Herd Management…

Meowy Howlidays set for Saturday at Snake River Animal Shelter

December 13, 2019 10:23 AM News Team

Join Santa and the merry elves of the Snake River Animal Shelter for their free Meowy Howlidays Celebration on…

Colorado initiative would OK reintroducing the gray wolf

December 10, 2019 5:30 PM Associated Press

Wildlife activists want Colorado voters to decide next year if the endangered gray wolf should be reintroduced in the state decades after it was…

Helicopter flights underway statewide for big game surveys

December 10, 2019 8:00 AM News Team

Idaho Fish and Game staff have started using low-flying helicopters to count deer and elk populations.…

US wildlife officials agree to grizzly bear review

December 9, 2019 12:13 PM Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – U.S. wildlife officials will review whether more protections are needed for grizzly bears in the Lower 48 states after animal…

Cow elk found left to waste and domestic cow shot near Leadore

December 2, 2019 12:05 PM News Team

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is asking the public’s help regarding a cow elk that was shot and left to waste on private property west of…

Wackerli Subaru to pay full cat adoption and half dog adoption fee at event on Saturday

November 29, 2019 8:00 AM News Team

The Snake River Animal Shelter will be at Wackerli Subaru this Saturday, Nov. 30 with some of the animals that are available and ready for adoption.…

Study shows bison tend their pastures

November 21, 2019 3:35 PM News Team

A 10-year study of bison migration and grazing in Yellowstone National Park confirm the animals shape vegetation cycles and enhance growth throughout…

Free dog adoptions at “Pawsgiving” Event Saturday

November 21, 2019 11:40 AM News Team

Just in time for the holidays, you can add a canine companion to your family for…

Oh deer! Peak season for hitting wildlife on the road is here

November 20, 2019 9:46 AM News Team

With big game animals on the move for mating and migration, wildlife-vehicle collisions tend to peak this time of year. You are urged to slow down…

Inmates train dogs at the Idaho K9 Academy

November 19, 2019 9:00 PM Karole Honas

he director of the Idaho K9 Academy has more work than he can handle. Since opening in January at the Snake River Animal Shelter in Idaho Falls, more…