Wildlife
Protection for wolves still stirs controversy
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The Trump administration recently announced that it will remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list in the lower 48 states.
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The Trump administration recently announced that it will remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list in the lower 48 states.
Keeping deer and elk in check results in better fish habitat. But wolves are also known to fish during spawning runs.
Researchers say inbreeding is likely inevitable, despite efforts to increase genetic diversity in the island’s wolves.
Six of the animals were transferred from another Lake Superior island in a bid to control Isle Royale’s moose population and restore its forests.
As the Upper Peninsula reaches its capacity for grey wolves – there are more than 650 now — chances increase that some will migrate south across the ice to the northern Lower Peninsula, which currently has no wolves but plenty of suitable habitat for denning.
Wolves scavenging improperly disposed dead cattle can prompt them to shrink their range, leading to more interactions with people.
Wolves, foxes and coyotes show “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Researchers link the fate of plants to the presence of wolves
An animal activist attracts the attention of a documentary filmmaker, criticism from hunters and mixed reception from other wolf protection advocates. This is the second of two-part profile of Rod Coronado.
The Grand Rapids, Michigan, resident was convicted of torching a Michigan State University animal research laboratory in 1992. Now Rod Coronado says he has turned to legal forms of animal activism to advocate for the rights of wolves.