By: Edwin Wollert / Education Coordinator / Wolf Song of Alaska Did you know? Those wolves did, and still do, live throughout the Northern Hemisphere? When people think of wolves and their environments, they typically think of arctic locales, or open tundra, or places largely removed from human interference. And yet, when we examine wolf […]
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Source: The Wolf Almanac / Robert H. Busch Country Estimated Gray WolfPopulations Percentage ofHistorical Range Occupied Afghanistan 1,000 90% Albania unknown unknown Arabian Peninsula 250 90% Bangladesh unknown unknown Bhutan unknown unknown Bulgaria 500 30% China unknown 20% Czech-Republic 50 10% Egypt-Sinai 25 90% Finland 90 10% France 5 5% Germany 5 5% Greece 500
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Source: The Wolf Almanac / Robert H. Busch UNITED STATES Estimated Gray Wolf Population Population Status Percentage of Historical Range Occupied Alaska 5,000-8,000 stable-increasing 95% Idaho 15 increasing 50% Michigan 70 increasing 15% Minnesota 1,750 – 2000 increasing 30% Montana 60 – 90 increasing 15% Washington 5 increasing 5% Wisconsin 55 increasing 15% CANADA Estimated
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Spotlight on Zoo Science Smithsonian National Zoological Park Sophisticated genetic analyses of well-known mammals are increasingly exposing species that have been hiding in plain sight. Using such an analysis, a team of scientists affiliated with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Museum of Natural History reports strong evidence for three distinct lineages of gray wolves that may, in
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