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July 27, 2005
International Wolf Center Executive Director Walter Medwid and world-renowned Wolf Biologist and Center founder Dr. L David Mech left the Minneapolis Airport on July 6th carrying high hopes of spotting and studying arctic wolves that eluded them on their last trip to Ellesmere together in 2001. Those hopes became reality when the two found and studied a pack of six adult wolves and three pups before a return trip home on July 24th.
Mech and Medwid were able to observe closely the interactions of these white canines because the wolves have not developed the same amount of fear in humans wolves in other parts of the world have. This is due to the fact they are hundreds of miles north of the nearest people who could hunt or trap them. And is one reason why Mech goes on annual trips to Ellesmere to study the wolves and their prey, musk-oxen and arctic hares.
The International Wolf Center is a not-for-profit organization with a flagship facility in Ely, MN and an Administrative and Outreach Office in Plymouth, MN, where Medwid is located. Dr Mech, with the U. S. Geological Survey and the University of Minnesota, studies wolves around the world but resides in St Paul, MN.
To request high resolution graphics or an interview with International Wolf Center Executive Director Walter Medwid contact:
Terri Ellman
Communications Assistant
comasst@wolf.org
763-560-7374 ext 227
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER - The International Wolf Center's mission is to advance the survival of wolf populations around the world by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wild lands, and the human role in their future. The world famous education center in Ely, Minnesota features daily presentations and field trips, an award winning museum exhibit and a pack of ambassador wolves living in their wooded territory.
Education facility: 1396 Highway 169, Ely, MN 55731, 1-218-365-4695
Administrative and Outreach Office: French Regional Park, 12615 County Road 9, #200, Plymouth, MN 55441 763-560-7374.
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