Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Local industry and environmental groups battled for decades over the Yellowstone and Idaho wolf reintroduction effort. The idea of wolf reintroduction was first brought to Congress in 1966 by biologists who were concerned with the critically high elk populations in Yellowstone and the ecological damages to the land from excessively large herds ...
In Baden-Württemberg there were five records of wolves from the Alpine and Italian populations in the period 2015 to 2020. [22] [23] In September 2020, a wolf (GW 1832 m) from the Alps arrived in the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis. [24] Individual wolves from the Dinarides-Balkans population have also migrated as far as the German Alpine region.
The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America.More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though grey wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies.
When the wolves are on the list, advocates say the protections help wolves' place in the natural environment and allow them to roam the great American West as they did for hundreds of years ...
Large male gray wolf walking on a hill in the forest. (Photo credit: Getty Images) Less than nine months after Colorado released its first gray wolves into the wild as part of a controversial ...
Feb. 2—Federal officials have declined to restore protections for wolves in the western U.S., finding that the animals aren't in danger of extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Timber wolves and coyotes used as draught animals in northern Ontario, 1923. Wolves are less suitable than dogs for working. Swedish wolf biologist Erik Zimen once tried to form a dog sled team composed entirely of wolves. The experiment failed as the wolves ignored most commands and were far more prone to fighting than sled dogs. [6]
The wolves became significant predators of coyotes after their reintroduction. Since then, in 1995 and 1996, the local coyote population went through a dramatic restructuring. Until the wolves returned, Yellowstone National Park had one of the densest and most stable coyote populations in America due to a lack of human impacts.