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Founded in 1985 by a group of biologists led by wolf biologist Dr. L. David Mech, the International Wolf Center opened in June 1993.The Wolf Center is housed in a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m 2) facility near Ely, Minnesota and features Gray wolves (Canis lupus) viewable through large windows that allow visitors to watch the wolves communicate, hunt, eat and play.
Fewer than 1,000 wolves roamed in the U.S. at that time, according to the International Wolf Center. Protected from hunting, gray wolves began to proliferate, and some people grew concerned they ...
International Wolf Center, there are two “widely recognized species of wolves in the world, the red and the gray.” Pictured is the American grey wolf (Canis lupus lycaon).
Mech is the founder of the International Wolf Center and the vice-chair of its board of directors. The project to create the facility, which he started in 1985, was an outgrowth of his wolf research as well as his ambition to educate people about the nature of wolves, so that they may come to respect the creature through understanding.
A map shows the territories of 16 wolf packs in the northern Minnesota study area of the Voyageurs Wolf Project. Wolves mostly stay in their home ranges, a behavior that helps avoid conflicts with ...
In 2013 Ilka Reinhardt spoke as a speaker at the International Wolf Symposium at the Wolfcenter in Dörverden. [11]As a speaker at the NABU Wolf Conference 2015, she provided information on the conservation status of the wolf, population development and monitoring: "There is a constant debate about whether the wolf should be listed in Annex IV or V of the Habitats Directive.
Wolf Haven International, previously known as Wolf Country and Wolf Haven America, is a wolf sanctuary and 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Tenino, Washington. Founded in 1982 by Steve and Linda Kuntz, the organization provides educational programs on wolves, engages in wolf-related activism , and operates as a sanctuary for ...
The International Wolf Center has published an extensive online warning against bringing such hybrids into family homes. “People who own hybrids often find that their pet’s behavior makes it a ...