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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 ...
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Hunting wolves reduces livestock deaths measurably, but minimally, according to new study

Wolf hunting has prevented livestock loss in a measurable way, but it is by no means a silver bullet, according to an international research team led by the University of Michigan. Subscribe to our ...
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New study raises questions about effectiveness of wolf hunting as a tool to help ranchers

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...
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Hunting wolves reduces livestock deaths measurably, but minimally, according to new study

These maps show snapshots of wolves hunted per county over time during the study period. Wolf hunting has prevented livestock loss in a measurable way, but it is by no means a silver bullet, according ...