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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. Gray wolf ends up in southwest Michigan, far from 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.
Tapestry depicting a Florentine wolf hunt (c. 14th century), Uffizi Gallery, Florence, ItalyWolf hunting is the practice of hunting wolves.Wolves are mainly hunted for sport, for their skins, to protect livestock and, in some rare cases, to protect humans. [1]
Wolves have naturally migrated in the three state region. As of 2021, the estimated stable population is 4,400 in the three states. [20] Wolves may also disperse across the Great Plains into this region from the northern Rocky Mountain region which includes Wyoming with approximately 300 wolves and Colorado with a small population.
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.
Lawsuits began, and on Feb. 10, 2022, gray wolves in the lower 48 states — with the exception of the Northern Rocky Mountain population — were added back to the list by a court order.