THE ARCTIC WOLVES ARRIVE FROM CANADA

THE ARCTIC WOLVES COME TO UNITED KINGDOM
THE WOLF CONSEVATION TRUST,
i was pleased to here that the arctic wolf was coming to the uk .  the the wolf coservation trust are planning to open this august 2011 ,  you will be able to see them on web cam, the arctic wolf canis lupus  these three cubs. that are three months old, arrived on the 9 july 2011 from canada and are getting used to there new home, the cubs came from parc safari in quebec and have to males and females , named after labradorian inuit words for snow and ice, the males are called massak wich means soft" snow"  and pukak wich means "fine snow"  the female issikko wich means "ice"

photo of the wolves coming from their flight form canada                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

WOLVES 400 SUPER PACK RUSSIAN

 SUPER PACK OF 400 WOLVES TERRORISE REMOTE RUSSIAN TOWN AFTER KILLLING 30 HORSES  IN FOUR DAYS , A LARGE PACK OF WOLVES AS BEEN SPOTTED PROWLING AROUND THE EDGES OF VERKHOYANSK, IN RUSSIA ATTACKING LIVESTOCK

TWENTY FOUR TEAMS OF HUNTERS HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER  TO HUNTDOWN THE WOLVES WITH  A BOUNTY OF $ 210 FOR EVERY WOLF SKIN,
STEPAN ROZHIN AN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL FOR THE VERKHOYANSK DISTRICT IN RUSSIA, SAID TO PROTECT THE TOWN WE ARE CREATING 24 TEAMS OF ARMED HUNTERS WHO WILL PATROL THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ON SNOWMOBILES AND SET WOLF TRAPS,  THE HUNTERS WILL ALSO USE ELLICOPTERS TO SHOOT THE WOLFS FROM THE AIR,  THE MASSIVE GROUP IS BELIEVED TO BE MADE FROM HUNDREDS OF PACKS, AND AS LEFT ANIMAL EXPERTS BAFFLED ,
DR VALERIUS GEIST, A WILDLIFE BEHAVIOUR EXPERT, SAID THE HARSH SIBERIAN WINTER, WERE TEMPERATURES PLUMMET TO MINUS 49C HAD KILLED OF MOST OF THE ANIMALS PRAY,
HE SAID ITS UNUSUAL FOR WOLVES TO GATHER IN SUCH NUMBERS, AND TO HUNT LARGE ANIMALS LIKE HORSES,









HOWEVER THE POPULATION OF THEIR USUAL PRAY RABBITS, AS DECREASED THIS YEAR DUE TO THE LACK OF FOOD, SO WOLVES HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THEIR EATING HABITS, THEY WILL START TACKLING DANGEROUS PRAY WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF NON DANGEROUS PRAY,
VILLAGERS HAVE ALREADY MANAGED TO SNARE A LARGE NUMBER OF WOLVES BUT THE PACK IS SO SIZABLE THAT IT IS LIKELY GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DEAL WITH,  VERKHOYANSK AS A POPULATION OF 1 3000 ITS ONE OF THE COLDEST PLACES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND LIES WITHIN A AREA KNOWN AS STARLINS DEATH RING, AFTER THE FORMER DICTATOR SENT POLITICAL EXILES THERE DUE TO THE EXTREME CONDITIONS

THE MEXICAN WOLF

THE MEXICAN WOLF is the smallest gray wolf subspecies in north america , that reaches a overall length of 12 to 15 metres 3.9 to 4.9 ft , and a hight of around 80 centimetres 31inches its about the hight of a german shepperd the weight is from 27 to 37 kilograms 60 to 70 pounds in stature it resembles some of the europeon wolves, all though  its head is brouder, and its neck is thicker, and its ears are longer and the tail is shorter


until recent times the mexican wolf ranged the deserts from central mexico to western texas, southern new mexico and arizona by the turn of the 20th century the reduction of the pray like deer and elk caused wolves to start attacking livestock wich led to efforts by the government and individuals to eradicate the mexican wolf, hunters also killed the wolf because it hunted deer,  there efforts were very successful, by the 1950s the mexican wolf had been eliminated from the wild ,  and in 1976 the mexican wolves were declared a indangered subspecies and as remained so , it is estamated that 340 mexican wolves suvive in 49 facilities  in the united states and mexico ,






reintrodution to the southwest

in 1997 , controversy arose when a captive pack at carlsbad caverns national park designated for release was found by roy mcbride, who had captured many wolves for the recovery programe in the 1970s , to largely composed of wolf- dog hybrids , all though the staff initally argued that the animals odd appearance was due to captivity and diet, it was later decided to euthanise them,

in march on the 30th 1998, government biologists released 11 gray wolves 3 adult males and 3 females pups and yearlings and to male pups , from a chain- link acclimation pens within the 18. 130 square kilomatres 7000 sq ml,  federally designated lue range wolf recovery area in east central arizona and new mexico by 2008

THE ARTIC WOLF

THE ARTIC WOLF
The Arctic Wolf inhabits the northern part of Greenland, the Canadian Arctic and parts of Alaska. They have lived in North America for more than two million years. When they find a den, they make a couple of chambers for food and young. Arctic wolves live on the islands of the Canadian Arctic, and the north coast of Greenland, roughly north of 70° North latitude. The Arctic Wolf is the only subspecies of the Gray Wolf that still can be found over the whole of its original range, largely because, in their natural habitat, they rarely encounter humans.

Their habitat is extremely harsh and remote, and few scientists venture into that world during the long, dark winter – even the vast majority of Inuit live further south than the Arctic wolf. As a result, the details of their lives through much of the year are virtually unknown.

















Behavior







The Arctic Wolf can withstand the arctic weather. It can survive in sub-zero temperatures for years, in absolute darkness for five months per year, and without food for weeks. Arctic Wolves usually travel in packs of 2 to 20. They live in small family groups: a breeding pair (alpha male and female) and their pups. The pack works together to feed and care for their pups. Lone Arctic Wolves are young males that have left their pack to seek their own territories. They avoid other wolves, unless they are able to mate. Having found an abandoned territory, a lone Arctic Wolf will claim it by marking the territory with its scent, then gather other lone wolves into its pack. When the female is pregnant, she leaves the pack to dig a den to raise her pups. If the ice is too thick, she will move to a den or cave.








 HUNTING












Like all wolves, Arctic Wolves hunt in packs, preying mainly on caribou and muskoxen, but also arctic hares, seals, ptarmigan and lemmings, and smaller animals such as waterfowl.[1] To eat rodents they must pick up their scent and find the entrance to their tiny dens to flush them out. Wolves almost never attack humans. Due to the scarcity of prey, they roam large areas, up to 2,600 km2 (1,000 sq mi), and follow migrating caribou south during the winter. They are not fast runners, instead relying on stamina to take down prey.
Adult wolves have 42 teeth, their main weapon in hunting. They swallow food in large chunks, barely chewing it. They eat all of their prey, including the bones. Wolves can eat up to 20 pounds (9 kg) of meat at one meal. When they return from the hunt, wolves regurgitate some of the food for the hungry pups







 Reproduction




Due to the Arctic's permafrost soil and the difficulty it poses for digging dens, Arctic Wolves often use rock outcroppings, caves or even shallow depressions as dens instead. After gestation of about 63 days to 75 days, birth is in late May to early June, about a month later than Gray Wolves. The mother gives birth to 2 or 3 pups, though there may be as many as 12. This is fewer pups than Gray Wolves, which have four to five. It is generally thought that the lower number is due to the scarcity of prey in the Arctic. Pups are born blind and deaf, and weigh about one pound. They are dependent on their mother for food and protection. When they are three weeks old, they are allowed outside the den. Other wolves in the pack may take care of the mother’s pups until she returns with food

THE RED WOLF

THE RED WOLF
THE RED WOLF CANIS RUFUS IS A NORTH AMERICAN CANDID WICH ONCE ROAMED THROUOUT THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND IS A GLACIAL PERIOD SURVIVER BASED ON FOSIL AND ARCHAEOLOGGICAL EVIDENCE THE ORIGINAL RED WOLF RANGE EXTENDED THROUOUT THE SOUTHEST, FROM THE ATLANTIC AND THE GULF COASTS, NORTH TO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST TO CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI  THEIR  HABITATS  WERE FORRESTS AND SWAMS AND THE COATAL PRAIRIES , WERE IT WAS A OPEN PREDATOR.
THE RED WOLF WAS EXTICT IN THE WILDS BY THE 1880S , IN 1987 THERE WAS A REINTRODUCTION IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH A CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAME AND THE WOLVES ARE SAID TO BE SUCCESFULLY BREEDING IN THE WILDS ,




DISCRIPTION




HIGHT 26 TO 31 '' AT THE SHOULDER, L 40 TO 52'' INCLUDING THE TAIL12 TO 17'' , WEIGHT 50 TO 60 1b , MALES ARE 10% LARGER THEN THE FEMALE , COATS LONG COARSE MOSTLY BROWN AND BUFF COLOURED ON THE UPPER BODY, WITH SOME BLACK ON THE ALONG THE BACK,  LONG NOSE AND WIDE AND BLACK EARS,

THE RED WOLF  PUPS HAVE A SLATE OF DARK GRAY WITH AUBURN TINGED FUR ON ITS HEAD AS IT MATURES  THIS COLOUR CHANGES TO A MIXTURE OF CINNAMON AND BROWNALONG THE BODY AND A BLACK TIPPED TAIL, IT OFTEN AS BLACK  HAIRS  AND SOMTIMES WITH BLACK  BARS ON ITS FORELEGS, THEIR COATS MOLT ONCE ANNUALLY IN THE WINTER TIME, ITS MUZZLE IS WHITE FURRED AROUND THE LIPS, THE RED WOLF IS INERMEIATE IN SIZE

WOLVES OF YELLOWSTONE

                                           WOLFS FEEDING AT YELLOWSTONE

                                                   WOLF CUBS AT YELLOWSTONE

WOLVES

The partially-eaten body of Candice Berner, 32, was found after search teams on snowmobiles followed a trail of blood through woodland at Chignik Lake, where she had been running alone on a remote road last Monday.

The chilling attack - the first fatal wolf encounter on record in the state - has left locals in the tiny village of Chignik in fear of their own lives, forcing parents to escort their children to school and leading others to mount armed patrols in an attempt to prevent further tragedy. Villagers have reported fresh wolf-tracks in the snow close to their community, adding to safety concerns.

The state's Department of Fish and Game and state troopers now plan to launch an aerial hunt for the wolves using a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft, but were yesterday waiting for snowstorms to clear.

"We'll stay as long as we can to make sure the public feels as safe as we can make them feel living in Alaska," said Colonel Audie Holloway of the Alaska State Troopers.

Between 7,700 and 11,200 wolves live wild in Alaska and while encounters with humans are generally non-confrontational, several villagers at Chignik Lake had reported "threatening encounters" with them in recent days.

Ms Berner's father, Bob Berner, told the Anchorage Daily News that his daughter - who at 4ft 11ins was "small but mighty" - was listening to her iPod while taking a late afternoon run and was unlikely to have noticed that she was being stalked.

"She was probably not aware of them until they actually lunged at her or attacked her," he said. "She did the best she could, but they figured there were two of them for sure, maybe three ... She put up a struggle. It was not an immediate thing," he added.

A post-mortem examination concluded that the cause of death was "multiple injuries due to animal mauling."

"They were just doing what wolves do. Their nature happened to kill my daughter but I don't have any anger towards wolves," said Mr Berner.

State troopers who investigated the scene found pawprints around Ms Berner's body, which had been torn and partially eaten, and bloody drag marks in the snow. They found that she was probably chased down and attacked for around 150 feet before she went down.

"She was bleeding as she was being moved, being dragged, and there was damage to the throat," said Cpl Holloway.

"The medical examiner concluded that she wasn't killed by any other method and that the damage to the throat was severe. There were animal bite marks on the throat. Wolves, just like big cats, usually attack the wind pipe area and try to control the victim that way."

The US Fish and Wildlife Service, which has authority over the nearby Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, has approved a special ten-day permit allowing state-approved hunters to cross the refuge's boundaries to hunt down the wolves - which is usually banned.

The death of Ms Berner has led to new debate by Alaskans about their state's predator control programme, which some say is not protecting citizens enough. Locals in Pilot Point, another community on the Alaska Peninsula, say that wolves have often come into their community and dragged away pet dogs.

But others are against introducing tougher controls that would allow members of the public to shoot and kill wolves at their own discretion.

"To me, it's a pretty bogus issue although I know it strikes at the heart strings of a lot of people who want to be macho and go out there and kill animals," said John Toppenberg, director of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance, told the KTVA television channel.

Shooting at wolves will make them more desperate, he predicted. "They become far more likely to go into towns, to frequent trails, to become problem wolves," he said.

 ATTACKS IN THE UNIITED STATES

NEW ROCKFORD , DAK ON MARCH THE 7 ,FATHER AND SON LIVING SEVERAL MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY WERE DESTROYED BY WOLVES, THE TWO UNFORTUNATE MEN STARTED TO HAYSTACK SOME TEN RODS FROM THE HOUSE TO SHOVEL A PATH AROUND THE STACK, WHEN THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY WOLVES , AND  AND EATEN ALIVE , THE HORROR STRICKEN MOTHER WAS STANDING AT THE WINDOW OF THE HOUSE WITH A BABE IN HER ARMS , SHE WATCHED THE TERRIBLE  DEATHS  OF HER HUSBAND AND SON , AFTER THEY HAD EATEN THE TO MEN THEY STARTED ATTACKING THE HOUSE,  BUT AFTER SOME TIME THEY WENT OF IN TO THE WOODS, THE INVESTIGATIONS FOUND NOTHING BUT BONES OF THE HUSBAND AND SON, THE FAMILY NAME WAS OLSON, WOLVES ARE NUMEROUS MORE NOW THEN EVER BEFORE KNOWN IN NORTH DAKOTA MARCH THE 8  I888







 THE CANADA GRAY WOLF IN SNOW






Kenton Joel Carnegie (11 February 1983 - 8 November 2005),
was
a Canadian geological engineering student. A judicial inquest carried out by the Provincial Government of Saskatchewan in 2007 concluded that he was killed by wolves on Tuesday 8 November 2005 at Points North Landing, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Although there were no eyewitnesses to the attack, there had been several previous incidents in the region of wolves and black bears acting aggressively toward people. The official investigation initiated by the Chief Coroner of Saskatchewan was carried out by internationally renowned carnivore biologist Dr. Paul Paquet and Royal Canadian Police forensic anthropologist Dr. Ernest Walker, who concluded that Carnegie died as the result of a violent predatory attack, either by wolves (Canis lupus) or an American black bear (Ursus americanus).[1] Bear expert Dr. Stephen Herrero[1] came to the same conclusion, although Herrero believed the responsible predator was likely a black bear. An independent investigation by the National Geographic Society (NGS), led by animal behaviorist Dr. Jane Packard and forensic anthropologist Dr. Gary Haynes, concurred with the equivocal results of the official investigation. Similarly, bear specialist Wayne McRory concluded that a black bear was the probable predator after reviewing the physical evidence.[2] Later, private investigations conducted on behalf of the Carnegie family by ethologist Dr. Valerius Geist,[3] and wildlife biologist Mark McNay[4] strengthened the case for the wolf theory. The conclusions of a third investigation commissioned by the Carnegie family and conducted by wildlife biologist Dr. Brent Patterson[5] were equivocal, although Patterson believed wolves were most likely responsible. Among the various investigators, only Paquet and Haynes visited and carried out an onsite assessment of the accident scene.


　

　

　

war on the wolves of the french alps　

　

In the early 1990s, after an absence of over fifty years, wolves reappeared in the French Alps. In 1992, sightings in

　

　

Mercantour National Park were confirmed. Led by the French wolf advocacy organization Groupe Loup, conservationists

were encouraged by the recolonization and were optimistic about the future of the species. Natural prey such as red and roe deer had increased in numbers, while the rural French population had been in decline for decades. But if the conservationists though this would diminish the chances of wolf-human conflict in France they were sorely mistaken.

Currently there are between thirty and fifty wolves in the Alpine region -- an area where sheep in the tens of thousands are pastured for five months out of the year. Shepherds claim that wolves have killed at least 5,000 sheep in the past few years. Their protests resulted in a recent proclamation by the French national assembly that the return of the wolf to France was "incompatible with the maintaining of French pastoralism." Anti-wolf forces called for the establishment of wolf-exclusion zones as well as wolf culls. Environmentalists challenged the claim that wolves were solely to blame for the livestock losses, shifting much of the responsibility to a large contingent of feral dogs that populate the area. They argued it was unlikely that such a small population of wolves could account for so many dead sheep, especially considering the presence of a more than adequate natural prey base. But the French shepherds would not be swayed from their determination to force the government to choose between them or the wolves. The war was on.

The government adopted certain measures to appease the livestock owners. They created a plan that would compensate shepherds for confirmed wolf kills of livestock. They encouraged the use of guard dogs such as the Great Pyrenees. These dogs, raised from puppyhood with sheep, are fiercely protective of the flocks, and have proven to be effective deterrents to wolf depredation. Electric fencing has been donated to create "harborages" where flocks can be sheltered for the night. Aversion devices such as noisemakers have also been used. By and large, though, these measures failed to placate the shepherds. Some insisted on the complete extermination of wolves, while others argued that wolves should be restricted to the two Alpine national parks, Mercantour and Queyras.

A similar conflict has arisen in Spain, where a healthy population of about 2,000 wolves has caused an escalation in livestock losses. And recently wolves have returned to the French Pyrenees. DNA analysis of hair samples in 1999 indicated the presence of wolves in the eastern portion of that mountain range. This was not news to shepherds in the Pyrenees, who had reported increased predation on flocks grazing near the Nohedes Nature Reserve for several years previous to the finding. Wolves had been absent from the Pyrenees since the 1920s -- and most shepherds there wish they still were.

Clearly, wolves are making a comeback in some of the more remote regions of Europe. But their return has sparked a great deal of controversy, and forced authorities as well as interest groups on both sides to confront the challenge of dealing with wolf-human conflict in a way that is fair to all concerned. The challenge of the 1990s was to restore the wolf; the challenge of the coming decade is to find an acceptable way for wolves and humans to coexist.