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By 2020, Germany's total wolf population had grown to about 128 packs, most of them living in Brandenburg, Saxony and Lower Saxony. [27] In these states, the density of wolves is higher than in Canada. Between May 2022 and April 2023, 184 packs (of at least 8 wolves), 47 pairs and 22 loners were documented in Germany. [6]
The population increased again by 1980 to about 75,000, with 32,000 being killed in 1979. [26] Wolf populations in northern Inner Mongolia declined during the 1940s, primarily because of poaching of gazelles, the wolf's main prey. [27] In British-ruled India, wolves were heavily persecuted because of their attacks on sheep, goats and children.
[13] [14] [10] Regardless of its status, it is regarded as unique and therefore worthy of conservation [15] with Canada citing the population in eastern Canada (also known as the "Algonquin wolf") as being the eastern wolf population subject to protection. [16]
Females in any given wolf population typically weigh 5–10 lb (2.3–4.5 kg) less than males. Wolves weighing over 54 kg (119 lb) are uncommon, though exceptionally large individuals have been recorded in Alaska and Canada. [47] In central Russia, exceptionally large males can reach a weight of 69–79 kg (152–174 lb). [43]
Northwestern wolves are one of the largest subspecies of wolves. In British Columbia, Canada, five adult females averaged 42.5 kg or 93.6 lbs with a range of 85 lbs to 100 lbs (38.6 - 45.4 kg) and ten adult males averaged 112.2 lbs or 51.7 kg with a range of 105 lbs to 135 lbs (47.6 - 61.2 kg), with a weight range for all adults of 38.6 kg to 61.2 kg (85 – 135 lbs). [9]
Previous research in Minnesota estimated 15% of that state's wolf population was lone wolves. But recent work by the VWP in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem found 19.6% of the population was made ...
A California gray wolf, dubbed OR 85, in 2023. The wolf was fitted with a satellite collar to help the California Department of Fish and Wildlife track the state's burgeoning wolf population.
Oregon's wolf population was 175 in 2021 and 173 in 2020, after typically showing double-digit growth in previous years. ... US vs. Canada hockey game at 4 Nations Face-Off starts with 3 fights in ...