Wolves According To Western Wildlife Outreach

Wolves According to Western Wildlife Outreach, wolves can live in many different habitats such as: forests, mountains, swamps, deserts, and tundras, their territories can vary from two hundred to five hundred square miles, but can range from as small as eighteen square miles to as large as one thousand square miles (Wolf Biology and Behavior). Thats a lot of range! They can also communicate with each other over long distances utilizing their keen sense of smell. On a good day they can detect lingering scents from a mile away, this can prevent them from unknowingly entering another packs territory. They can also communicate through facial expressions such as, baring of teeth, and pointing of ears (Wolf Biology and Behavior). It is

Wolves have many threats to their successful existence for example: disease, natural disasters such as forest fires and floods and humans. Humans are the biggest threat to the wolf population (Wolf Biology and Behavior). We kill their food, we destroy their habitats, we see each other as threats. We have guns and they their instincts, both can be dangerous but the gun usually wins. Nowadays there are protection laws and we are not allowed to shoot wolves, unless they are attacking us, even then depending on the situation you may still receive fines.

Wolves are worshiped as spirits of nature, and are seen as animals of wisdom and guidance by Native Americans (Nina Fascione). Wolves play an important part in their culture. Not long ago wolves lived side by side with Native Americans and were an integral part of the ecosystem. Wolves use to roam nearly all of North America, there were as many as 250,000 to 500,000 wild wolves living in harmony with man (White). What changed? Have you ever heard of the Big Bad Wolf? Well this story originated from Europe where wolves often times had rabies, this and other similar stories reached the Americas shortly after it was

U.S. Fish and wildlife services have made a plan for wolf management, and they definitely see the population growing throughout the years to come, we may never see the numbers as high as they were in 1960 but they have made an remarkable comeback in the last few years (Wolf Biology and Behavior). Some people think they should be hunted as a sport if their numbers increase too much, because there isn't really a predator for wolves they may have to be hunted eventually but if people go overboard we could be back at the