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As a Matter of Fact

Who started the Isle Royale wolf study?

From the Executive Director

by Walter Medwid
Several projects to enhance the visitor experience are in full swing at our education center in Ely, Minnesota.

International Wolf Center Notes From Home

Tracking the Pack

Fitting Into the Pack: A Lesson in Social Dominance Hierarchy
by Lori Schmidt, Wolf Curator, International Wolf Center
There is a saying in the wolf world: "Invest in your pups; they're the future of the pack." The International Wolf Center has done just that by nurturing the newest pack members of our resident pack in Ely (International Wolf, Winter 2000).

Wolves of the World

Wolves in Ethipia - On the Edge of Extinction: Saving The Imperiled Ethiopian Wolves
by Neil Hutt
Wolf fans in Norway and Sweden are applauding the decision by Norway not to issue licenses for a wolf hunt in winter 2003. The Norwegian Directorate of Wildlife Management announced there is no basis for an official hunt. It is the world's rarest canid. It looks somewhat like a red fox with its long, slim legs, extended muzzle and small body, and like a fox, it preys exclusively on rodents, usually foraging alone by day. Unlike the fox, however, the Ethiopian wolf, or "ky kebero," lives in large family packs that often include older adults who may remain because dispersal territory is limited or non-existent.

Mexican Wolf - El Lobo: A Future in the "Land of Enchantment?
In biological terms, the recovery plan for the critically endangered Mexican wolf suggests hope for a neat story with a tidy closure. The Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area (BRWA), where the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) hopes to re-establish a wild population of at least 100 encompasses almost 7,000 square miles straddling the border of Arizona and New Mexico.

Wolves of the Northwest Territories, Canada - Finding a Balance
The Northwest Territories is a vast mosaic of ecozones, each with distinct characteristics. The treeless sweep of the tundra in the serene Arctic light, the windswept boulder fields bursting with summer color, the boreal forests known to the Athapaskan people as "the land of little sticks"— each of these does suggest permanence, silence, completeness.

Personal Encounter

An Arctic Expedition: Adventurers Come Face to Face With Thriving Wolf Culture
by Debbie Reynolds
It was a race against time! Who was going to make it to the top of the ridge first—Will, a fellow adventurer, and I with our cameras, or those two adventurous arctic wolf pups we were trying to ambush? Even now, as I sit and reflect on the best trip I have ever taken, I have to smile as I recall those two small wolf heads popping up over the ridge just before we made it to the boulder we had chosen to hide behind.

News and Notes

Wild Kids

Puppies . . . What Will They Be When They Grow Up?
by Nancy jo Tubbs
Wolf pups and dog puppies may look alike, and in fact, they are cousins. But while the dog will grow up to be fed, worked or pampered by humans, the wolf sleeps outside, hunts for a living, endures harsh weather and struggles for its place in the pack. Wolf pups and dog puppies act differently from each other because they are in training for lives as different as a house cat and a mountain lion.

A Look Beyond

by Steve Grooms
Once it was natural for people to fear wildlife almost by reflex. Filmmakers and television writers took advantage of that fear to present terrifying encounters between people and all sorts of "dangerous" animals such as snakes, spiders, and various large predators. These terrifying images of dangerous animals inflamed people's irrational fear of all kinds of creatures