A symbol of wilderness returns
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On Jan 13 and 14, 1995 gray wolves were released in central Idaho, while others were held in pens at Yellowstone National Park and which will be released in spring. The wolves have managed to re-claim some of their former habitat from which they had been removed about 60 years ago. According to the re-introduction program, it is legal to kill any wolf which threatens livestock on private property and two of the wolves released have been killed. However, this will not seriously affect the re-introduction plans because biologists expected about one-third of the wolves released to die.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1995
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Will el Lobo return?
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The fate of the endangered Mexican gray wolf will be decided in early 1996, when the Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal to reintroduce the species in its historical range areas in Arizona and New Mexico is opened for debate. The wolves were placed under Endangered Species protection in 1986 after they experienced sharp decline due to extensive hunting and the depletion of their prey populations. Biologists are confident that the overwhelming support for the wolves' recovery will lead to the proposal's approval.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1995
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The act of saving the wolf
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Gray wolves were already extinct in Wisconsin by the time the state gave protection to the animals in 1957. Likewise, there were only a handful of wolves in Michigan when it implemented similar measures in 1965. However, thanks to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, gray wolf populations in both states have been able to recover. Gray wolves now number about 180 in Wisconsin and 140 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan at the end of the 1997-98 winter.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1998
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