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The hunter shot the wolf in Calhoun County, in the southern reaches of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, while taking part in legal coyote hunting accompanied by a guide, the Michigan Department of ...
The Michigan DNR is unraveling the mystery of how an endangered gray wolf ended up in Calhoun County, miles from a wolf habitat in the U.P.
It was a shock: While gray wolves are common in Michigan's Upper Peninsula — the latest estimate is more than 700 — the state's southern Lower Peninsula doesn't offer the proper habitat.
The wolf was killed in January by a hunter who told investigators that he had mistaken it for a coyote. It was a shock: While gray wolves are common in Michigan's Upper Peninsula — the latest estimate is more than 700 — the state's southern Lower Peninsula doesn't offer the proper habitat.
John and a 9-year-old boy were playing near the edge of a logging camp and 150 m from a mobile home. A wolf appeared, chased the boys, and attacked John when he fell. It then dragged him toward the woods. John was saved by his friend's Labrador retriever, Willie. Adults arrived and drove the wolf away. John's father arrived and shot the wolf.
A wolf or wolves killed and ate a woman near her home. [595] January 27, 1914 Unknown, 8, female † Predatory: Les Cars, France: A wolf or wolves killed a girl near the Les Cars forest. [595] 1912 Lavabre, female † Predatory: Alrance, France: A wolf or wolves killed and partially ate a female near Nazareth in the forest of Lagast. [595] 1900
The last known wolf was shot in 1922. [6] The Great Plains wolf was declared extinct in 1926. However, later studies found wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Upper Michigan that were descendants of Canis lupus nubilus. Even then, their number became fewer and fewer until they were federally protected as an endangered species in 1974.
Due to a history of extensive hunting and trapping, Michigan’s wolf population — once found across the state — dwindled to near-extinction in the 1950s. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 ...