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Wolves are now hunting sea otters and nobody knows why

Along a remote stretch of the Alaskan coast, gray wolves have quietly rewritten the rules of what a top land predator eats.

Gray Wolves Are Hunting Sea Otters – and Scientists Don’t Know How

New research broadens our understanding of how gray wolves interact with and influence aquatic habitats. On Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, gray wolves have been observed engaging in an unusual ...
Alaska Public Media

Petersburg wolf trapper featured on hunting show 'MeatEater'

Petersburg wolf trapper David Benitz (right) guides "MeatEater" host Clay Newcomb (left) on a hunt in Southeast Alaska. (Courtesy "MeatEater" YouTube channel) Petersburg was the backdrop of several ...
NPR

Wildlife experts looks for new ways to count wolves in Alaska

On Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, wildlife managers are trying new techniques to count local wolves so they can determine how many can be hunted. Limiting the quota is controversial in the ...
The Telegraph

Trappers killed almost every wolf on Alaskan island, officials say. How did it happen?

Only 3% of the wolf population on an Alaska island is left after the majority of the wolves were killed during trapping season, wildlife groups say. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said in ...

Judge finds Alaska's bid to reauthorize wolf-shooting program on Kenai Peninsula is unconstitutional

A judge has ordered the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to pay $115,220 in attorney's fees to a retired Anchorage lawyer ...
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These are the largest and most powerful wolves on Earth

Wolves are wild canids primarily found in North America, Europe, and Asia. They live in diverse habitats, including forests, ...
WAMC

Wildlife experts looks for new ways to count wolves in Alaska

There's a common problem in wildlife management - to know how many animals you can hunt, you need to know how many animals you have. You'd think that problem might be easier to solve in an enclosed ...