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Social Media and Large Carnivores: Sharing Biased News on Attacks on Humans
April 29, 2020
The Internet and social media have profoundly changed the way the public receives and transmits news. The ability of the web to quickly disperse information both geographically and temporally allows social media to reach a much wider audience compared to … read more
Posted in Human Dimensions
Grey wolf predation on livestock in relation to prey availability
March 31, 2020
Conflict between humans and large carnivores hinders carnivore conservation worldwide. Livestock depredations by large carnivores is the main cause of conflict, triggering poaching and retaliatory killings by humans. Resolving this conflict requires an understanding of the factors that cause large … read more
Posted in Conflicts | Tagged Diet, Grey Wolf, livestock, Prey, Wolf
Unraveling the key to the resistance of canids to prion diseases
March 6, 2020
One of the characteristics of prions is their ability to infect some species but not others and prion resistant species have been of special interest because of their potential in deciphering the determinants for susceptibility. Previously, we developed different in … read more
Posted in CWD & Other Diseases | Tagged canids, disease, PLOS, Prion, Wolf, wolves
Berry Important? Wolf Provisions Pups with Berries in Northern Minnesota
March 6, 2020
Wolves (Canis lupus) primarily provision pups by catching mammalian prey and bringing remains of the carcass to the pups at a den or rendezvous site via their mouths or stomach. In August 2017, we observed an adult wolf regurgitating wild … read more
Posted in Biology | Tagged blueberry, Canis lupus, gray wolf, minnesota, parental care, Vaccinium
Ma’iingan Brother Wolf
March 6, 2020
With insight from Ojibwe elders, biologists and artist Rabbett Before Horses Strickland, this film captures enduring spiritual connections with Brother Wolf, the lasting bonds and responsibilities shared between native people and the wolf species, and the opportunities and challenges presented … read more
Posted in Native American | Tagged Art, Brother Wolf, Ma’iingan, native, ojibwe, Reservation, Wolf, wolves
Comments opposing Delisting Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
March 6, 2020
These comments on the Proposed Rule to Remove Ma’iingan (Grey Wolf/Canis lupus) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2018-0097 (Proposed Rule), have been authorized by the Board of Commissioners (Board) and the Voigt Intertribal Task Force … read more
Posted in Native American | Tagged endangered, Fish, Great Lakes, Grey Wolf, Indian, Ma’iingan, Tribal, Voigt, wildlife, Wolf, wolves


