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Washington (AFP) - Here, wolfie, wolfie, wolfie! Like dogs, wolves recognize and respond to the voices of familiar humans more than strangers, according to a study that has implications both for the story of canine domestication and our broader understanding of the natural world. Holly Root‑Gutteridge of the University of Lincoln, a co-author of the paper that appeared in Animal Cognition this week, told AFP a longstanding theory held that dogs' ability to distinguish human voices was a consequence of generations of selective breeding. "So we wanted to look at wolves, because obviously nobody ...
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Walden (United States) (AFP) - With wolves descending from the mountains of Wyoming to feast on his cattle, and his home state of Colorado preparing to reintroduce its own wild packs soon, rancher Don Gittleson says he has tried everything to protect his herd. That is how he ended up shipping in a pack of feral donkeys to work as "guardian animals." "They kick, they strike and they bite!" Gittleson told AFP on a visit to his snow-covered ranch on the far northern fringes of Colorado. "If you were to get one cornered, you would not fare well. They can hold their own." The wild burros, brought f...
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Washington (AFP) - A US court has struck down a Trump-era decision to remove federal protections for gray wolves across much of the country, in a move hailed by conservationists who said the listing was vital for the species' recovery. A 26-page ruling issued Thursday by Judge Jeffrey White in a case brought by wildlife groups found the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) had erred in its October 2020 decision to remove the apex predators from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), where they were first listed in the 1970s. Though the decision to delist gray wolves across most of the lower-48 states wa...
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Washington (AFP) - Colorado has reported its first litter of gray wolf pups in 80 years, a major milestone in the US state's efforts to reintroduce the iconic species even as it stands imperiled in other parts of the country. Between June 4 and June 8, a state biologist and a wildlife manager independently reported visual confirmation that "John" and "Jane," known collared wolves, were seen with three young. The observations were made at dusk or dawn from a distance of around two miles from the den site, so as not to interfere with the pack. It is not known if the three pups spotted are the on...
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South Salem (United States) (AFP) - They thrive at teamwork, fight for their homes, and cherish their families above all else. It is sometimes said there is no animal on Earth more like humans in their social behavior than wolves. But the iconic species -- long a symbol of the free spirit of the American wilderness -- could soon be imperiled because of a decision by President Donald Trump's government to end protections that brought them back from the brink of extinction. "Wolves right now have only recovered in about 10 percent of their historic range," Maggie Howell, executive director of th...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday removed endangered species protections for the gray wolf, paving the way for the iconic predator to be more widely hunted.The move was slammed by conservation groups, which said that while wolf numbers have partly recovered since the animal was first listed in 1974, they remain "functionally extinct" in the vast majority of their former range."Today's action reflects the Trump administration's continued commitment to species conservation based on the parameters of the law and the best scientific and commercial data avail...
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