But all that may be about to change. After years of inbreeding, Isle Royale’s wolf population, which once approached 50, is down to eight adults and two or three pups, and the Park Service must decide ...
In Sweden, the wolf hunting season has just begun, during which the culling of 30 wolves is planned. This decision is ...
By 2018, the Isle Royale wolves had become functionally extinct due to inbreeding, with only two wolves remaining, unable to produce viable young. To address this, 20 wolves were reintroduced to the ...
In Sweden, the wolf hunting season has just begun, during which the culling of 30 wolves is planned. This decision is ...
Mexican wolf fertility and pup survival have been documented to decrease from inbreeding, but the Service’s artificial feeding of wild wolves increases their fertility and pup survival rates without ...