{"id":4485,"date":"2019-06-19T14:25:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T14:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/?p=4485"},"modified":"2019-06-19T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T14:25:57","slug":"unforgettable-eastern-wolf-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/unforgettable-eastern-wolf-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Wolf Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wolf0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4685\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wolf0001-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wolf0001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wolf0001-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wolf0001.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>According to Ontario\u2019s Ministry of Natural Resources, this lanky 3-year-old female is F1737.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern wolves, recently renamed \u201cAlgonquin wolves\u201d, were previously considered a subspecies of the gray wolf. Recent genomic research, however, tells us these rare wolves represent a distinct species more similar to the red wolf.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern wolves are classified as a \u201cthreatened\u201d species. Scientists estimate that 65% of the world\u2019s eastern wolf population inhabits Ontario, a mere 154 adult wolves.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Ontario has not implemented a total ban on the hunting and trapping these unique wolves despite their threatened status.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>When Ontario applies protection to eastern wolves, the measures must also apply to coyotes. And killing coyotes is popular.<\/p>\n<p>Learn what you can do to help from our friends at Earthroots:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wolvesontario.org\/?fbclid=IwAR24Gkupx9GdWM71VfMOz6bpjHD3UNYlH4criPrMIqcqE5Iqgx0r0jhSrX0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/wolvesontario.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Steve Dunford of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ImpressionsOfAlgonquin\">Impressions of Algonquin<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Ontario\u2019s Ministry of Natural Resources, this lanky 3-year-old female is F1737. Eastern wolves, recently renamed \u201cAlgonquin wolves\u201d, were previously considered a subspecies of the gray wolf. Recent genomic research, however, tells us these rare wolves represent a distinct species more similar to the red wolf. Eastern wolves are classified as a \u201cthreatened\u201d species. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,18,14],"tags":[23,34],"class_list":["post-4485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-news","category-wolf","category-wolfdoguk","tag-wolf","tag-wolves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4686,"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485\/revisions\/4686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfdog.co.uk\/den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}