July 2, 2019
Currently there are an estimated 59,000-70,000 wolves (Canis lupus) in Alaska and Canada. Past reviews of wolf-human interactions concluded that wild, healthy wolves in North America present little threat to human safety. However, since 1970 some cases have appeared in … read more
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Remembering the birth of Isle Royale's wolf-moose study
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Mech’s most surprising important discovery was that even large wolf packs, with as many as 15 members on Isle Royale, fail to kill the vast majority of moose they chase – a success rate of less than 8 percent. He also discovered that the moose most likely to die from wolf attacks are older than 9 or 10 or weakened by ticks, tapeworms or disease.
Wolves, he said in an interview, must “travel far and wide to find an animal vulnerable to kill with enough safety.” As for preying on moose calves, their mothers wage a “very dramatic and aggressive defense.”
Remembering the birth of Isle Royale’s wolf-moose study
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When L. David Mech arrived at Isle Royale in 1959, he had no idea he would pioneer the nation’s longest-running prey-predator study, one that would become a model for wildlife biologists around the...You can contact us by email by completing the form on our contact page, or can can reach us by mail at the following address:
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