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Don't Feed Wolves, Say Experts
by Kevin Strauss

Releases of Tame Wolves and Hybrids Give Wild Wolves a Black Eye
by Bill Paul

Letters to the Editor

From the Executive Director

by Walter Medwid
Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea is the title of a remarkable new book, by Carl Zimmer. The book traces, in part, Charles Darwin's progression of field experiences and the refinement of his ideas to the creation of the bold scientific conclusions that defined the principle unifying all life forms.

International Wolf Center Notes From Home

Tracking the Pack

The Pack Gets a Pond
by Lori Schmidt, Wolf Curator, International Wolf Center
As northern Minnesota residents prepared for winter, the International Wolf Center was preparing for next summer. No, we didn't have the wrong month on the calendar; we were taking the opportunity of the slower fall season to improve the Center's wolf enclosure by constructing a new rock outcrop den and a two-tier pond system with a waterfall.

Wolves of the World

Wolves in the United States - Michigan to Missouri: The Incredible Journey of Wolf #18
by Neil Hutt
It is July 1999. Near Ironwood in northwestern Michigan, biologists have caught a young male wolf weighing a hefty 22 pounds. They ear tag the big pup and attach a radio collar lined with foam rubber to ensure a comfortable fit as the pup grows.

The Wolves Of Aylmer Lake, Nothwest Territories, Canada - Whereabouts of Female and Pups a Mystery
This past August, the International Wolf Center sponsored a trip to Aylmer Lake, a remote destination near the Arctic Circle in Canada's Northwest Territories. The group posted daily reports and photographs of this fascinating landscape and its wildlife on the Center's Web site.

Wolves in Turkey - Wolf Population Declines
Kurt, Bozcurt, Canavar, Bocu—each of these four local Turkish names means "wolf," a species whose numbers have been declining in Turkey since the 1980s. Mortality has increased for all the reasons common elsewhere: large-scale habitat degradation, intraspecific competition, decrease in the prey base and direct human persecution.

Wrangel Island Update - Survival of Wolves Still Uncertain
In summer 2000, Russian biologist Nikita Ovsyanikov discovered the tracks of two wolves on Wrangel Island, the 5,000- square-mile arctic wildlife reserve located off the northeastern coast of Siberia. Although Wrangel Island's terrestrial and marine ecosystems contain an extraordinary concentration of wildlife, the wolf has been missing for 30 years since being extirpated by the Soviet government to protect the musk oxen and reindeer.

As a Matter of Fact

How many states in the U.S. currently have known breeding packs of wolves?

Personal Encounter

Close Encounters - A Night to Remember: The mystery of things that go bump (crash, thud, rumble, crunch, and pant) in the night.
by Steve Wilson
It was 1:30 in the morning as Lisa Belmonte and I stood on the abandoned railroad grade, hoping to hear a boreal owl.

News and Notes

Wild Kids

Why Your Dog Rolls in Smelly Stuff
by Aletheia Donahue, International Wolf Center Intern
Have you ever heard of (or smelled) a dog rolling around in something really smelly? That is called scent rolling. Some people think the wolf does this to hide its smell so that a prey animal will not know it is approaching, although scientists do not yet accept this explanation.

A Look Beyond

Wolf Lake and Wolf Myths
by Adrian Wydeven
In June 2001, I had an unusual experience for a biologist. I received a call from a producer in Hollywood asking me to fly to Los Angeles to meet with him and his writing team. He was working on a new television show for CBS called Wolf Lake, and wanted me to talk to his crew about wolf biology and behavior.