The status of the Wolf in the U.S.

The wolf's range has been impressive. At one time, wolves ranged throughout most of the North American continent; they have ranged from central Mexico north to Alaska. Wolves have also made most of the Eurasian continent--from Saudi Arabia and central India north to the Arctic Ocean and from the rock of Gibraltar to the Japanese isles--their home range. The wolves' ability to adapt to changing climates and ecosystems is fantastic. This ability until recently has allowed the wolf to be the dominant predator of the North American Continent (11:3). In the last 200 years, the population and range of the wolf has changed. When the United States expanded westward, settlers wiped out the local wolf packs to prevent them from preying on livestock (12:25). In

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e confined to the northern one-third of the state. Their range has expanded to include the whole of the northern half of the state. This increased range now includes regions which are used as prime deer-hunting areas by the state's hunters. Estimates of the wolf's impact on the local deer populations have been made. Each wolf, in the state, eats between 18 and 20 deer a year. With 2,000 wolves in the state, Minnesota is losing 36,000 to 40,000 deer a year to predation by wolves (6:66). The majority of these deer are less than a year old. Thiel found that wolves also prey heavily on the bucks who are weakened by the fall rut. Bucks are the choice of hunters; their antlers are a trophy. The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association has called for removing the wolves within the state from the Endangered Species list. The wolves in Minnesota are listed as threatened, with the recovery goal of having 1,250 to 1,400 wolves by the year 2000. This goal has already been met and exceeded. In 1992, the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife Service changed the goals for declaring the wolf recovered from being threatened with extinction. The new goal was to have the neighboring states of Wisconsin and Michigan reach 100 wolves
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