Modern Wolf Behaviors

Unit 01 Revised Christopher Cooter 1. The wolf is a pack animal. What does it mean to be a pack animal?

It was also common for the Wolves to be bred with dogs, in order to get a breed of dog with the strength of a wolf but the calmness and loyalty of a dog.

In this essay I will be informing readers about the history of the wolf in the western part of the United States, the wolf’s status as an endangered species, and its effect on the ecosystem and what we as humans can do to manage it.

The gray wolf are a great type of animal with ancestry you wouldnt think they had. The wolves is what made to be the domestic dogs of now. Fish back then being now a ground walking soecies. They were small and evolved to being big.

Secondary data on the number of successful and unsuccessful wolf reintroduction programs can be gathered from state and federal wildlife management agencies from the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. Collection of the same information from environmental organizations, and other local groups who study predator species is also important to determine if data on wolf reintroduction show similar numbers. If methods of data collection are similar but each has different outcomes, the level of bias should be minimal. Reports on loss of livestock from farmers, ranchers, and hunting groups should also be analyzed and compared with the numbers reported to state and federal agencies. Another piece of secondary data critical to this research

Why did dogs stay by our sides for thousands of years? Dogs were being used for hunting. Then time passes by and dogs are being used as pets. Human show dogs a lot of love and that make dogs change. If it was not for human's dogs wouldn't exist because they would still be wolves. Dogs will protect you from harmful animals in the forest. The relationship between dogs and humans has changed over time because wolves became dogs and dogs became pets.

Both sides are understandable. Farmers don’t want wolves in their property because they are having fear about protection of their livestock. Their stance is understandable but their revenge on against gray wolves is too harsh. According to PBS, During a fifteen year period, because of natural cause like bad weather, killed 20000 to 100000 of livestock and only less than 5000 of livestocks killed because of wolves. But more than 1000 of wolves were killed for their revenge. This harsh attitude towards wolves is leading to killing all of the gray wolves like starting anti-wolf campaign. However, wolves are useful for the eco system. Even the gray wolves have important role to balancing the eco system, many people (in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho) do not want wolves and don’t see their importance. Most of time, the Federal government usually feels the duty to decide what is right with total widespread opposition. But the state government try to listen the people’s wishes. For this reason, Federal government and State government has difficulty to work together. But in my opinion, When different levels of government have different audiences and different priorities, it has a strong point of them to collaborate. The conflict between the different levels of government will make to come up with a better and best solution. In this case, without the Federal government , many species would already be extinct.

Gray Wolves Before Europeans settled North America, Gray wolves inhabited areas from the southern swamps to the northern tundra, from coast to coast. The gray wolf is a native species here in the us, these wolfs can be easily identified by their tracks and physical features. Gray wolves are also known as timber wolfs, and are carnivorous animals. The species was likely extirpated from California in the 1920’s. The Gray wolf also known as the Timber wolf, will live/hunt and do everything in a pack, a wolfs territory may cover 20-80 square miles.

Many scientists over the years have tested and retested the theory that dogs are a modern branch off wolves. One theory states that dogs and wolves are evolved from an ancient European wolf that is now extinct. Another says that over the years wolves became so domesticated, they became today’s cute and loveable pet. Another theory says that dogs and wolves mated over the years to create modern day friendly pets we welcome in our homes. Could our adorable, sweet puppies really have originated from those savage beasts?

Wolves are amazing creatures that stack up to be more than your average canine. Wolves can stake claim to territories recorded to be over 800 miles. Average wolf packs usually consist of 8-10 wolves, but one Denali pack recorded 27 members plus 3 pups. They have the ability to hunt caribou, moose, Dall sheep, beaver, and ground squirrel. They use howling and scent marking to scare of rival packs. They also show us their rank in the pack by the position in which they carry their tale. They accomplish all this with a brain twice the size of a domestic dog, and extremely developed social skills. Not only are these wolves the most famous in the world, one group is the world’s oldest known family lineage of any nonhuman social vertebrate in the wild.

s amazing wolf sanctuary is a great way of enjoying your gap year and give back to a wonderful community in Colorado. A peaceful sanitary for captive wolfs and half breeds that have no experience in the wild. This sanctuary keeps 35 saved wolfs and crossed wolfs alive and healthy,

Justin’s Changing the world essay on the domestication of wolves Subject/Topic of Essay: Introduction Paragraph Engaging Beginning Sentence: how long has dog really been man’s best friend I will be telling you more about how the domestication of wolves was an important point in history(Important Idea #1. This will be explained in Paragraph 2),

Licht, Millspaugh, Kunkel, Kochanny, &, Peterson. (2010) states the concept of wolf recovery hinders the acceptance of reintroduction because it is limited to the numbers of wolves, instead of promoting wolf reintroduction as the key to a healthy ecosystem (Licht, et. al., 2010). And that wolves provide benefits to education, ecological, recreational, and science (Licht, et al, 2010). The case studies they reviewed were from Coronation Island, Alaska where reintroduction occurred, since there was no active management the wolf population declined and deer populations rebounded (Licht, et al, 2010). They also studied Wind Cave National Park and determined while it had no existing wolf population, based on the park’s size, believes it could support

There are several theories on how the evolution from wolf to dog came about. One theory is that the human environment attracted wolves. Wolves started following people around to take advantage of food scraps that were left behind. Eventually, wolves lost fear of people, and people lost fear of wolves. The benefits of this new relationship were not just one way. Wolves also helped humans by sniffing out prey and helping them hunt. Success likely meant the humans would share their food with wolves. This is a very popular theory, but it has been disputed. Archeological digs show that the early dogs were not eating the same mammoth meat that the humans were eating. Instead, their main diet consisted mostly of less popular human meat such as reindeer. The prehistoric dogs also had many broken teeth and severe facial wounds. Although these injuries could be from fighting with other dogs, many scientists believe the dogs had been beaten with sticks, leading many to assume the relationship between man and prehistoric dog was not as companionable as the theory would suggest.

This happens because baying dogs appear as an attacker to wolves, causing them to go on the defense. The best solution would be not to use hunting dogs, but this option is exceedingly undesirable.