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Insurance for the Genetic Future of the Endangered Mexican Wolf
by Cheryl Asa, Ph. D.
The Director of Research at the St. Louis Zoo discusses her team's fascinating work
with captive breeding and the reproductive management of the critically endangered
Mexican gray wolf.
Straight Talk from Ed Bangs
by Ed Bangs
The Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the northern Rockies takes on the tough questions
about wolf recovery and management in the West.
A Close Encounter with a Rare Wolf
by Edwin Winkel
While driving through a blinding snowstorm in northern Iran, a wildlife photographer
suddenly sees an elusive Iranian wolf.
by Mary Ortiz
Change is constant-it endures. On June 26, 2009, just a few weeks ago, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS) reached a settlement agreement with plaintiffs in a
lawsuit challenging the 2009 removal of the gray wolf from Endangered Species Act
(ESA) protection in the Western Great Lakes. I suspect that by the time this article
is in print, the court will have approved the agreement, and the USFWS will have
provided an additional public review and comment period. During this 60-day period,
wolves will be returned to threatened status in Minnesota and endangered status
elsewhere in the regionŠagain.
Pups Learn Their Place
in Exhibit Pack: Assortment of Subspecies Provides Unique Mix
by Lori Schmidt, Wolf Curator, International Wolf Center
Visitors to the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota, or
to the Center's Web site at www.wolf.org are familiar with the
Exhibit Pack, comprised of four gray wolves: two arctic subspecies
and two Great Plains subspecies. The Center's wolves are spayed
and neutered, so pups must be acquired from another source.
Obviously, the arctic and Great Plains subspecies and the new
pups are not genetically related, so how do they come to form a pack?
Text and photos by Edwin Winkel
WOLVES IN IRAN
Wild fantasies and huge expectations! As a wildlife photographer and journalist,
that's what's always raging through my mind before I go on another trip. "Would it
be possible to see this, and would it be possible to see that?" are questions I ask
myself as I get prepared, and they deliver imaginings of very rare or hard-to-find
animals just a few metres away from my camera. Experiences have taught me, however,
that these wishes are quite nave and that the actual list of seen species always
turns out rather differently. But there's always something out there, destined to be
found or seen, especially in an unexplored country like Iran.
Book Review of Yellowstone Wolves
by Patrick Bringley
Cat Urbigkit's riveting, provocative book, Yellowstone Wolves, examines a scientific
question that in the pastures of Wyoming and the halls of federal court would turn
into a full-blown fracas. If wolves had disappeared from Yellowstone National Park
and its vicinity by the 1930s, as is generally believed, why did the park's visitors
keep hearing and seeing wolves? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided one set
of answers: the reported sightings were few and unreliable; the canids were dog-wolf
hybrids or large coyotes; at best, the creatures were lone wolves who had found their
way from a healthy Canadian population.
Deer beating up on wolves?
by Steven Spickerman
Researchers acknowledge a Wisconsin man's claim of witnessing rare white-tailed
aggression has merit. Whether he's wielding a chainsaw in a cedar swamp or piloting
an airplane above towering pines, Jim Hintz of Fifield is seldom surprised by wildlife
he sees in Wisconsin's north woods.
Introducing Your Child To Wolves
by Steve Grooms
The way we think about wolves has evolved dramatically over the decades and especially
in recent years. We no longer fear wolves as Europeans did for centuries. On the
other hand, well-informed wolf fans no longer speak of "alphas" or say that wolves
"never" attack humans. That raises interesting issues when we introduce children to
wolves. Are there guidelines for how we can help a child appreciate wolves?
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