Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) recolonization failure: a Minnesota case study
During the past few decades, Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) have recolonized many areas in the United States and Europe. In many other cases, however, although dispersing wolves reached areas with adequate prey, a population failed to recolonize. Herein, we provide a case study detailing how a wolf pack...
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ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/2078 2023-05-15T15:49:21+02:00 Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) recolonization failure: a Minnesota case study Mech, L. David Isbell, Forest Krueger, Jim Hart, John 2019-09-20 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2078 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v133i1.2078 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2078/2207 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2078 doi:10.22621/cfn.v133i1.2078 Copyright (c) 2019 The Canadian Field-Naturalist The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 133 No. 1 (2019); 60-65 0008-3550 Canis lupus depredation distribution Gray Wolf livestock recolonization info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v133i1.2078 2021-09-02T18:54:51Z During the past few decades, Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) have recolonized many areas in the United States and Europe. In many other cases, however, although dispersing wolves reached areas with adequate prey, a population failed to recolonize. Herein, we provide a case study detailing how a wolf pack attempted for three years to recolonize an area 55 km from a long-established population and within 25 km of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, but failed. The pack produced three litters of pups and at one time included 11–19 members, but it preyed on livestock and dogs and, consequently, was lethally removed. The history of this pack’s attempt to recolonize an area long devoid of wolves exemplifies the issues that have prevented earlier recolonizations in non-wild lands in Minnesota and elsewhere and that promise to do so well into the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus gray wolf The Canadian Field-Naturalist (E-Journal) The Canadian Field-Naturalist 133 1 60 65 |
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During the past few decades, Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) have recolonized many areas in the United States and Europe. In many other cases, however, although dispersing wolves reached areas with adequate prey, a population failed to recolonize. Herein, we provide a case study detailing how a wolf pack attempted for three years to recolonize an area 55 km from a long-established population and within 25 km of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, but failed. The pack produced three litters of pups and at one time included 11–19 members, but it preyed on livestock and dogs and, consequently, was lethally removed. The history of this pack’s attempt to recolonize an area long devoid of wolves exemplifies the issues that have prevented earlier recolonizations in non-wild lands in Minnesota and elsewhere and that promise to do so well into the future. |
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Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) recolonization failure: a Minnesota case study |
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Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) recolonization failure: a Minnesota case study |
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