Canis Minor

Also known as Gray Ghosts, Caribou, are only found in limited numbers in the contiguous United States. Most of them are found in the deep forests of Idaho, near the border of Canada. Caribou have a high risk of becoming extinct, they could be found on the top of the list of most endangered species. Predation is one of the most reasons why caribou are facing endangerment. Caribou fall victims to predators such as wolves and cougars. Biologists have tried to create plans to prevent more caribou…

Coexisting With Wolves In the Western United States There was a time when wolves could be found almost anywhere in North America. In the mid 1900's, Gray wolves, Mexican Gray Wolves, and Red Wolves were hunted to near extinction. Less than three hundred Gray Wolves lived near the Great Lakes, and there were fewer than fifty Red and Mexican Gray Wolves in captivity. However, a few years later, lone wolves were captured in Canada and were reintroduced into the United States. Since then they…

Wolves (Canis lupus) are one of the most well-known examples of a social animal. The wolf pack possesses a mentality where all members compete for dominance in the group. However the pack’s hierarchy and its strict rules for traversing this hierarchy keep the group from falling apart over constant fighting. L. David Mech (1999) explains how a wild wolf pack is a family, with the adult parents guiding the activities of the group in a division-of-labor system. In this system, the female primarily…

The wolf is an amazing and mysterious creature. People don’t often see wolves very often in the wild and for a few reasons. Wolves are more afraid of humans than humans are of them. Man has hunted and killed wolves for their fur. The last reason is that there aren’t very many of them left in the wild. Wolves have received quite a bad reputation. In historical times wolves have eaten farmers live stock because wolves need to survive just like the farmers needed to. That is how stories like The…

Wolves in US Parks This story is about wolves running around U.S parks. Where were the wolves in first place well no one can really tell where but this wolves been wondering around for a while, Wolves in us park is about wolves just going to random parks and they don't know the danger upon them. Wolves are everywhere in the us park that's a big problem because it can be a danger for the people or even the wolves it can be dangerous for the people because wolves can use the people as food and the…

Description: The red wolf has been listed as critically endangered since 1996 and is protected by United States law. It is a typical canine who eats river rats, rabbits and rodents. Their size is somewhere between that of a gray wolf and a coyote. Adults measure between 136 – 160 cm in length and weighs between 23 – 39kg. It has also been compared to the greyhound for its long and slender limbs. It is a reddish, tawny colour with big ears and small skull. Studies in 2016 concluded that the red…

The Mexican wolf is the southernmost subspecies of gray wolf in North America, its natural habitat was that of the southwest United States and Mexico, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona as their home range in the US. (Rinkevich, Murphy, & Barrett, 2011). The gray wolves were a menace to rancher’s cattle and farmer’s livestock. Depredation of livestock led ranchers and state governments to declare war on the Mexican gray wolves through public and private bounties. The Mexican gray wolves were…

Physical barriers The way physical barriers work is simple: wolves can’t get to livestock, so wolves can’t attack livestock. Electric fencing, or fladry, can be constructed for every cattle farm and places where wolves can hunt down cattle. Fencing can shield cattle from wolves, and electric fencing can discourage the wolves from breaking through. Being difficult to break through is a significant upgrade to barbed wire fences, which surround many ranches in Montana. As… says, the cost of…

In the mid-20th Century wolves within the United States border were nearly extinct due to human action against them. The gray wolf has recently been re-introduced into the lower 48 states. This has sparked much controversy over whether this species should be encouraged to thrive or eradicated from their habitats. While wolves may endanger a few livestock they are a keystone species and are crucial to maintaining a stabilized ecosystem in not only Yellowstone but the entire mid-west. Wolves are…

Red Wolves, legendary members of the dog family, are very important animals which are a vital part of the food chain and our environment. In an attempt to emphasize the importance of this animal, it is necessary to discover its characteristics, understand why it is in danger, stress the importance of saving the Red Wolf, and learn how it was reintroduced into the wild. Twice as big as a coyote and about half the size of a Gray Wolf, these Red Wolves are beautiful creatures. Fully grown…