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The red wolf is an enigmatic taxon, of which there are two proposals over its origin. One is that the red wolf is a distinct species (C. rufus) that has undergone human-influenced admixture with coyotes. The other is that it was never a distinct species but was derived from past admixture between coyotes and gray wolves, due to the gray wolf ...
A series of necropsies performed on wolves culled in the surrounding area shortly after the attack ruled out rabies, sickness, or wolf-dog hybridisation as being causes of the attack. The verified case was notable as being the first recorded fatal wolf attack in Alaska in which DNA evidence was gathered to confirm wolf involvement.
Today, wolves have returned to the area. [7] Wolf hunting in France was first institutionalized by Charlemagne between 800 and 813, when he established the louveterie, a special corps of wolf hunters. The louveterie was abolished after the French Revolution in 1789, but was reestablished in 1814. In 1883, up to 1,386 wolves were killed, with ...
Nov. 29—A coalition of environmental groups is urging the governor of Washington to overturn the state wildlife commission's rejection of a petition seeking strict rules that limit wolf killing.
A newly announced pack in the Sequoia National Forest is more than 200 miles south of the nearest known pack.
A pack of grey wolves has been spotted in a popular California national park for the first time in a century. The pack – consisting of one adult male, an adult female, and two cubs – was ...
"Roping gray wolf" - John C. H. Grabill photograph 1887. Gray wolves (Canis lupus) migrated from Eurasia into North America 70,000–23,000 years ago [9] [10] and gave rise to at least two morphologically and genetically distinct groups. One group is represented by the extinct Beringian wolf [9] [11] and the other by the modern populations. [9]