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The Texas wolf (Canis lupus monstrabilis) is an extinct subspecies of gray wolf, distinct from the Texas red wolf ...
Thousands of gray wolves roamed America's wilderness for centuries until hunters, ranchers and others nearly decimated the species. In 1973, the federal government listed them as endangered in the ...
As of 2021 the wolf hunt has been banned in all of Spain. ... capable of killing wolves, were banned in 1972 by the US government and in 2006 by the European Union. ...
In 2015, wolves were listed as a vulnerable species in the Red List of China's Vertebrates, with all hunting being banned for this legally protected animal. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] In the Qinghai Lake Region of China (Northeastern Tibet), wolf density was estimated at 0.14 +- 0.04 wolves by square kilometers in 1998, where the hunting of the wolf was ...
Washington’s wolves are in serious danger. In addition to the risks they face from poaching, Tribal hunting, vehicle strikes and more, the state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission is currently ...
Red wolves were once distributed throughout the southeastern and south-central United States from the Atlantic Ocean to central Texas, southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Illinois in the west, and in the north from the Ohio River Valley, northern Pennsylvania, southern New York, and extreme southern Ontario in Canada [2] south to the Gulf of Mexico. [14]
The presence of apex predators improves habitat quality and species viability down the food chain. This reintroduction could be a model for repairing ecosystems.
In 2005, after a court ruled that ranchers could not shoot wolves caught attacking livestock, the Associated Press reported that "Sharon Beck, an Eastern Oregon rancher and former president of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association, said the ruling leaves ranchers little recourse but to break the law -- known around the West as 'shoot, shovel and ...