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Experts warn hybrid predators are attacking people and livestock and are now a major threat

In the spring of 2023, a livestock farmer in central Italy lost several sheep in a single night to an animal that local ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nearly Half of Italy’s Wolves Are Part Dog Now, Thanks to Hybridization. Is That a Threat to the Species?

Wolf-dog hybrids are growing far more common in Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the wolves ...
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Experts warn wolf-dog hybrids pose rising global threat

Wildlife experts across Europe and North America are warning that wolf-dog hybrids—crosses between wolves and domestic dogs—are becoming a major threat to livestock and human safety. These hybrids ...
KJCT

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports 4 wolf attacks on livestock this year

CPW categorizes a depredation event as the death or injury of livestock or a working dog. Four wolf attacks on livestock or ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

A new petition wants to make it more difficult to kill wolves attacking livestock in Colorado

An environmental nonprofit wants Colorado Parks and Wildlife to have stricter rules guiding when wolves responsible for repeated livestock attacks can be killed. The Center for Biological Diversity ...
Phys.org

Camera captures first video of a red fox attacking a wolf pup

We are used to seeing a strict order in nature, with apex predators at the top feeding on those lower down the pecking order. But in video footage from a nature reserve in Italy, we see a red fox ...
AZ Animals

After Nearly Disappearing, Gray Wolves Reclaim Washington

Washington’s gray wolf population surged over 17% after a sharp decline. Discover what drove the comeback and what it means ...