wolves

Sublette County’s Roberts changed his plea to guilty of felony animal cruelty at an in-person hearing. It was the first time he’s spoken publicly since the 2024 incident that sparked global outrage.

The man accused of bringing a leashed, muzzled and injured wolf into a Sublette County bar has reached a plea agreement less than two weeks before his trial.

Cody Roberts’ felony animal cruelty charge will be tried in a Sublette County courthouse March 9.

The judge did not seem swayed by Cody Roberts’ team’s argument to dismiss the case, tentatively setting jury selection to begin on Feb. 12.

The man facing a felony animal cruelty charge for bringing a live, muzzled wolf into a bar after injuring it with a snowmobile is asking the court to dismiss his case.

Jeff Davis resigned from the Colorado agency last year instead of being fired as part of a settlement agreement.

Yellowstone National Park’s wolves have been contentious ever since they were reintroduced in 1995. Within the park, the roughly 100 canines are protected from hunting and trapping, and are a massive draw for tourists. But once they leave, those protections vanish, and the few wolves that venture out often die, quickly.

Cody Roberts pleaded not guilty to felony charges. Wyoming Public Radio’s Caitlin Tan briefs us on the scene at the courthouse and what comes next.

The Trump administration could be inching toward delisting the species from the endangered species list.

Cody Roberts ran down a wolf with a snowmobile and brought it into a bar in Feb. 2024. This was the first time Roberts has publicly appeared and talked on the issue.