Alpha wolf: What does it mean, and should it still be used? When visitors come to the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota, and observe our pack of ambassador wolves, many of them ask: “Which one is the alpha?” So begins a long conversation about the term and what it means. It’s a term that […]
Copenhagen Zoo kills three wolves just so their enclosure can be used for modern expansion; what price for progress; wildlife is cheap! The three male wolves have been kept at Copenhagen zoo since the 1980s They were killed in order to make way for a ‘new and modern area’ at the zoo Wolf enclosure will […]
Early in the morning on Thursday, before the agency’s office was officially open for business, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced that it authorized the killing of a state-endangered wolf from the Wedge pack territory in response to depredations of cattle on both public and private lands in Stevens County. WDFW is required […]
Wolf Conservation Center Ambassador Wolf Nikai in 2014 California’s only known existing wolf family, the Lassen Pack, has given birth to pups for the fourth consecutive year! The pack welcomed four pups in 2017, five in 2018, four in 2019, and eight in 2020! Beyond proving both fruitful and resilient, as California’s second confirmed family […]
Two of New Mexico’s wolf families are at risk, and they need your help to stay in the wild. It has come to our attention that members of the Pitchfork Canyon Pack and the Sheepherders Baseball Park (SBP) Pack have been accused of preying on livestock and may face the loss of their freedom and […]
🙋♀️ #wolfdoguk #wolfdog #officialwolfdog ALL IS REVEALED No, this photo doesn‘t show one wolf protecting another’s throat in a gesture of heroism Yet another misleading photo interpreting wolf behavior is circulating on the internet. In this instance, a female wolf is said to be protecting her male counterpart from an attack by shielding his throat. […]
🙋♀️ #wolfdoguk #wolfdog #officialwolfdog Members of the Voyageurs Wolf Project study the behavior of wolves in the Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. Earlier this week, Project Lead Tom Gable made a “fascinating observation” involving a wolf born in 2019, with a post on the project’s Facebook page saying, “This is the first time we have ever seen anything […]
The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) announced in the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program Monthly Update that two endangered Mexican gray wolves – one in New Mexico and one in Arizona – were found dead last month. In New Mexico, officials found Mexican gray wolf F1836 of the Wahoo Peak Pack. Although barely two years old at […]
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