Wolves return to Netherlands after 140 years
The Netherlands has its first resident wolf population in 140 years, according to ecologists. Wolves were hunted out of many European countries over a century ago but have gradually been migrating back
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Ethiopia deploys hidden rabies vaccine in bid to protect endangered wolf
Rabies vaccines hidden inside goat meat baits have been deployed in the first campaign to protect the Ethiopian wolf, Africa’s most endangered carnivore. There are less than 500 of the wolves in the
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Range contractions of the world's large carnivores
<p>The majority of the world's terrestrial large carnivores have undergone substantial range contractions and many of these species are currently threatened with extinction. However, there has been
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Wolf transplant could reset iconic island study
<p>US government proposes introducing more wolves to Isle Royale as population dwindles.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.nature.com/polopoly_fs/1.21217!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/nature.2016.21217.pdf"
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Washington state begins killing wolf pack for preying on livestock
Wildlife agents authorized to eradicate a group of 11 wolves for repeated attacks on cattle in Washington state have hunted down and killed six animals from the condemned pack and are searching for the
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Long-studied Alaskan wolf pack may be dead after years of aggressive hunting
The world’s longest-studied wolf pack may have been wiped out, wildlife officials fear amid an escalating battle between federal and state authorities in Alaska over the aggressive hunting of predators
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Should the gray wolf keep its endangered species protection?
Research by UCLA biologists published today in the journal Science Advances presents strong evidence that the scientific reason advanced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the gray wolf from
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Shocking! US Secret Wildlife Killing Program Killed 3.2 Million Animals in 2015
Amid public protest against animal killing practices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services killed a total of 3.2 million animals in 2015. The number was revealed in a report conducted
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Critically endangered and ancient Himalayan wolf needs global conservation attention
Although the Himalayan wolf is visibly distinct from its European cousin, its current distribution has mostly been a matter of assumption, rather than evident truth. The most ancient wolf lineage, known
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Top scientists back federal plan to protect Alaska predators
New rules would ban ‘non-subsistence’ killing of bears, wolves and coyotes – some of the ‘most iconic yet persecuted species’– in the state’s 16 wildlife refuges A group of scientists has backed a federal