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The Gray Wolf (Timber Wolf) in Wisconsin
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The sound of a howling gray wolf is becoming a more common event in Wisconsin. A growing population of wolves now live in Wisconsin, one of about a dozen states in the country where gray wolves exist in the wild. Gray Wolves, also referred to as Timber Wolves, are the largest wild members of the dog family. Wolves are social animals, living in a family group, or pack. A wolf pack's territory may cover 20-80 square miles, about one tenth the size of an average Wisconsin county. The gray wolf has been state delisted since 2004 and is listed as a "Protected Wild Animal" by the Wisconsin DNR.
Photo of gray wolf in Iowa County, a few miles north of Yellowstone Lake.
Photo by Kate Cassidy.
Delisting update
Beginning Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, the gray wolf is no longer a federally endangered species in Wisconsin and other parts of the western Great Lakes region. Wolves are thus again a state managed species under the authority of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and tribal conservation departments on Indian lands. Areas where wolves have attacked domestic animals will be addressed immediately. Read details in the DNR news story.
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