Wolves

Contrary to popular belief, wolves are not skilled predators.

While they are highly intelligent and hunt in packs, they must isolate weak and young members from the herd and chase them down.

This practice does great things for the population and habitat of their prey.

By trimming away the weak and young, only the best procreate, which limits herd sizes and allows environments such as wetlands and grasslands to thrive with additional species.

North American Gray Wolves primarily eat:

Elk,Moose,Deer,Musk oxenBeaver,Bison,Caribou

Habitat: Historically, gray wolves have the largest range of any land mammal, other than people. They have lived in all habitats in the Northern Hemisphere except for tropical forest.

No, wolves do not hibernate. They are active all four seasons of the year.

Wolves do not hibernate , instead they grow a lot of winter fur to protect them from the cold.
No, they don't.
No, they are actually very well suited for winter without hibernating. They can stand temperatures of up to -94 F quite easily.
No they don't. Like the mountain lion, they need to stay awake to find food.
no
no
Wolves don't hibernate. However, during the winter, it is hard for them to find enough food to eat. So although times are hard for wolves in winter, they don't hibernate.
No, they prefer the cold
No
No, they absolutely don't.
no

pure red wolves are extint but in captivity there are about 300 red wolves
The red wolf is one of the world's most endangered wild animals. The red wolf population was nearly wiped out by the 1960s. A small population of red wolves survived along the Gulf coast. The red wolf was declared an endangered species in 1973. Of the 17 remaining wolves captured, 14 were bred in successful captive breeding programs. The US Fish and Wildlife Service declared red wolves extinct in the wild in 1980.

By 1987, enough red wolves were bred in captivity to begin a restoration program in North Carolina.

Over 100 red wolves roam their native habitats in North Carolina and approximately 200 red wolves are in breeding programs across the United States, such as one on Florida's Gulf Coast. Interbreeding with the coyote is seen as the biggest threat to restoring red wolves on their home range.

Grey Wolves to be removed from the Endangered Species list and I am angry. Wait the Western predator and vital link in the Western American ecological ffod chain has been given a reprieve!

A News Release from Washington, D.C. from Rob Emanuel himself states:

"Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff, issued a memorandum that directed federal agencies to withdraw all regulations that had not been published in the Federal Register so that they can be reviewed and approved by a department or agency head appointed by the President. Therefore, the final rule to delist the Gray Wolf Western Great Lakes DPS (which was announced on Jan. 14) was withdrawn to allow for further review. " U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

A battle has been won regarding the grey wolf but the 'war' to save endangered wildlife is far from over.

Imperiled wildlife are the responsibility of all people and the wolf is in need of our help now. Why should we protect and defend the right to life of a predatory animal, such as the Grey Wolf?

One - wolves are recognized as "a keystone species" critical in the bio-system for a balanced natural world....(Defenders of Wildlife). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has conducted numerous studies at Yellowstone National Park that indicate wolves support a wide variety of other animal life. The reports show: "ravens, foxes, wolverines, coyotes, bald eagles, and even bears feed on the carcasses of animals killed by wolves. Antelope are swift, elk are alert, and mountain goats are adept at climbing steep cliffs, in part because of the long-term effects of wolf predation". It appears that wolves help "maintain the balance between these ungulates" (hoofed animals) and their food supply, making room for other herbivores like beavers and weasels to survive. The argument that wolves will kill off the elk and deer populations appears not to be substantiated by various studies and reports...in fact ecosystems where the wolf has been re-integrated and its population stabilized have strengthened (Yellowstone Project where the wolf was reintegrated has shown tremendous ecosystem benefits due to the wolf in the cycle of life).

Two - wolves cannot defend themselves against anti-environmentalist legislators and greedy government officials, who would like to do away with the Endangered Species Protection laws, in order to pillage the land they roam for OIL, GAS, WOOD, COAL and other resources that will make the few richer and continue to set off ecological disaster

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They usually eat sick or injured animals as prey.
Gray wolves are carnivores.

They can eat all kinds of prey and game in their territory.

If hunting alone, smaller animals like rabbits, squirrels, rodents, birds, and the occasional fish.

In a pack, they can eat larger animals such as moose, caribou, musk ox, deer, and other herd animals.

Wolves can also scrounge on dead animals if needed.
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What do wolves eat?

Wolves are carnivores (meat eaters) but they will eat other foods as well. They eat stuff like big game, such as elk and moose, and deer, to earthworms, berries and grasshoppers.

Gray Wolves hunt on the weaker members of the moose herd, caribou or elk herd, like to older ones and the sick or young ones. Then ever the herds migrate Wolves will hunt Little mice, birds and fish. They may even eat carrion, the food left behind from other animals.

• Elk
• Moose
• Deer
• Earthworms
• Berries
• Grasshoppers
• Shrews
• Small Birds
• Fish
• Dead animals left behind
• livestock (only is there survival depends on it)