Animals

Peter works as a forester. One day the man heard strange noises outside the window of his house, and when he went out into the yard, he saw a she-wolf there. The animal was extremely thin. Peter understood that it was not a good idea to feed the predatory animal, but the wolf behaved quietly…

The Beijing genetics company SinoGene was the first in the world to clone a wolf. Scientists took a somatic cell from a skin sample of a wild polar wolf named Maya, who died in August 2021. The wolf cub was carried by a beagle dog, as this breed shares genetic origins with ancient wolves. The…

It was a heartbreaking sight: a German Shepherd was spotted wandering around on her own in the streets of Detroit, with nothing but her favorite stuffed animal to keep her company. But now, this beautiful dog is safe and sound after being rescued. According to FOX 2 Detroit, locals saw the dog wandering the streets…

‘Why are they called painted wolves and not African wild dogs?!’ With only 6,600 painted wolves left in the world, they are Africa’s second most endangered carnivore (just behind the Ethiopian wolf). For an animal so few in number, seem to have more common names than any other predator. These 10 names are just the…

When Doug Paton burst from his trailer on a warm spring afternoon, he expected to confront yet another stray dog agitating the livestock on his sister’s farm outside Victoria, a city on Canada’s west coast. Instead, standing barefoot in the grass, he found himself face to face with a wolf. “It stopped dead in its…

What made the wolf stand out as the perfect bad guy? Since the beginning of folklore, wolves have been cast as cruel and antagonistic villains. From ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ to ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘The Three Little Pigs’, wolves have been demonised characters in our stories. 150 years ago, wolves were found in abundance across North America. When settlers came…

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo plans to use land it owns in a rural area of Missouri as habitat for a wolf breed on the verge of extinction, zoo officials said Monday. Only about 20 American red wolves remain in the wild due mostly to illegal hunting, vehicle strikes and habitat loss….

FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. But a top federal wildlife official on Friday told The Associated Press there is growing concern over aggressive wolf hunting seasons adopted for the predators in…

A Mexican gray wolf walks in an enclosure at Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood in 2002. A year-old female wolf that had roamed north of Interstate 40 was captured Sunday. (Journal File) SANTA FE – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Sunday captured a Mexican gray wolf that had roamed north of Interstate…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Isle Royale National Park’s gray wolf population has reached 28, a dramatic comeback after the species nearly disappeared from the Lake Superior island chain, researchers said Wednesday. Health problems from inbreeding caused a die-off that left only two wolves a few years ago, leading park officials to authorize an airlift of…