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NEWS ABOUT: wolves

wolves stories: 8 news summaries

World's First
Cloned Wolf Dies

Cause of death a mystery

Sep 1, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of  of the world's first two cloned wolves has died due to unknown causes, reports the Korea Times. Snuwolf, 4, was found dead at South Korea's national zoo. Her identical sister, Snuwolffy, remains healthy. "Snuwolf had been in good condition," said Prof. Shin Nam-sik, a leader of... More »

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South Korea • Seoul • science • zoo • cloning • Seoul National University • clone • animal cloning • wolves • lone wolf • Shin Nam-sik

(Newser) - A US effort to relocate endangered wolves along the Arizona-New Mexico border is actually rendering them extinct, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials moved eleven Mexican gray wolves to the Gila National Forest in 1998, where managers are trapping, penning, and shooting the wolves to control their roaming and cattle-killing... More »

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endangered species • conservation • Southwest • livestock • cattle industry • wolves

Black Wolves Got Color
From Domestic Dogs

Black fur proof of dog legacy

Feb 6, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have found the genes of dogs in some North American wolves, linked to interbreeding some 15,000 years ago, reports Wired. The black fur of some forest-dwelling wolves is the result of the long-ago matings with dogs, likely kept as companions by American Indians. The dalliances may have strengthened... More »

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Stanford University • dog • wolves • Tovi Anderson • Yellowstone National Park • Bering Land Bridge • University of Calgary • Paul Paquet

 Palin Howls 
 at Judd's 
 Wildlife Ad 

Fringe group twists the truth about Alaska hunting, governor says

Feb 4, 09 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is steaming over a conservation group's ad in which Ashley Judd slams the Alaska governor for "championing the slaughter of wildlife," Politico reports. Palin released a statement in which she called the campaign "reprehensible and hypocritical," adding: "Shame on the Defenders of Wildlife... More »

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Alaska • conservation • Ashley Judd • hunting • Sarah Palin • wolves

Ashley Judd Ad Mauls Palin Over Wolf-Killing

Conservationist campaign slams Palin's support of 'senseless savagery'

Feb 3, 09 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Actress Ashley Judd is spearheading a Defenders of Wildlife ad campaign blasting Sarah Palin for her support of the aerial killing of wolves and bears in Alaska, reports the Huffington Post. Judd slams Palin's "anti-conservation agenda" in the film, which shows wolves shot from the air writhing in the... More »

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Alaska • conservation • Ashley Judd • wildlife • Sarah Palin • wolves

TV REVIEW

Life With Wolves Has Couple in Own Reality-TV Pack

Living With the Wolfman aims to integrate humans and animals ... to mixed reviews

Oct 22, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A British authority on wolves is taking his fiancée into the wild, and bringing cameras along, Newsweek reports. Shaun Ellis, who has spent years living with wolf packs, coaxed Helen Jeffs from her job as a schoolteacher to live on a wildlife refuge where they eat raw meat and... More »

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reality TV • wildlife • Britain • wolves • Shaun Ellis • Animal Planet

OPINION

Palin Hasn't Let Science Stall
a Good Hunt

Alaska gov. makes killing wolves from aircraft a bullet point

Sep 8, 08 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has spent her Alaska governorship aggressively pushing to expand aerial wolf hunting, contrary to the advice of wildlife experts, reports Salon. The practice consists of shooting wolves from low-flying aircraft. Palin believes wolves compete with human hunters for moose and caribou, and has encouraged the curbing of the... More »

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Alaska • hunting • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • wolves

Wolves, Back From Brink, Are Targets Again

Environmental groups sue after feds remove species' protected tag

May 27, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A success story is at risk of turning into a bloodbath as gray wolves, newly removed from the US endangered-species list, are no longer protected from being hunted outside national parks. A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Bush administration, claiming that the wolves still need protection in the... More »

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endangered species • hunting • wolves

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