41. Ethiopian Wolf - Canis Simensis - ARKive The Ethiopian wolf is the most threatened canid in the world and the only wolf species to be found in Africa. It is generally simi http://www.arkive.org/ethiopian-wolf/canis-simensis/

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42. Why Are Wolves Endangered? - Care2 News Network There are many reasons why wolves are endangered, Most people used to be afraid of wolves and thought they were dangerous to humans. Between 1850 and 1900 more that a million http://www.care2.com/news/member/808913740/2559510

43. Greater Yellowstone Coalition - Wolves: Politics Threaten Endangered Species Act People protecting the lands, waters, and wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, now and for future generations. http://www.greateryellowstone.org/issues/wildlife/Feature.php?id=38

44. Gray Wolves Endangered Last night in the Twin Cities, the GOP conventioneers were officially introduced to their vice presidential candidate who is, as Fred Thompson said, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/gray-wolves-endangered

45. Timber Wolves In The Community “Why Are Wolves Endangered?” Wolf Country. 27 January 2007 http//www.wolfcountry.net/information/WolfEndangered.html . “The Wild, Beautiful and Endangered.” 27 January 2007 http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00442/endangeredspeciestimberwolves.html

What You Can Do In the Community to Save Timber Wolves In the middle of the 20th century, there were only a few wolves left in the lower 48 United States. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and wolf recovery programs, there are now more than 5000 timber wolves in the lower 48 states! The timber wolf is one of the largest members of the dog family. It Timber wolves have 42 teeth and 4 fangs. They can eat 20 pounds of food at once. Wolves eat anything they can get, especially moose, deer, caribou, rabbit, fish, and beaver. Wolves travel in packs of 5 to 10 wolves. The pack has one lead male and one lead female. A wolf pack travels about 30 miles a day. Wolves usually communicate by howling. A single wolf howls for about 5 seconds, but when an entire pack joins in, the howls sound much longer. Some of the reasons why wolves howl are to warn other packs to get off their land, to keep pack members together, and to find out if other wolves are nearby. Timber wolves give birth to 4-10 pups at a time. The pups weigh about 1 pound each and are born blind. In the wild, timber wolves can live from

46. Endangered Wolves | Arabian Environment | AMEinfo.com Mammals of the Arabian desert, especially predators, have suffered dramatic declines over the last few decades. They have been gunned down, trapped, poisoned and obliterated in http://www.ameinfo.com/31879.html

AMEinfo.com - Homepage Remember me Register Forgot password? Switch to Arabic Wednesday, November 17 - 2010 in AMEinfo.com News Company Database Events Advanced Search I want to... Get newsletters Advertise on AMEinfo.com Submit a press release Edit my profile Log in Welcome Log in Register for free Why register? Free industry newsletters ... Arabian Environment Browse related articles Endangered wolves Saturday, December 06 - 2003 at 18:20 Mammals of the Arabian desert, especially predators, have suffered dramatic declines over the last few decades. They have been gunned down, trapped, poisoned and obliterated in other ways. Article continues below OAS_AD('Middle'); Related stories Arabian Environment RSS feed The Enviro-Spellathon in Fujairah - A splendid launch The power of partnerships Protecting the marine environment ... more Arabian Environment news Today hunting may have been banned, but human activities have so severely damaged natural habitats that chances of recovery seem remote. The UAE desert itself has experienced local extinctions of species that once roamed wild and free across its arid wilderness. Among these is the Arabian wolf, which hasn't been seen in the wild in this country since the 1980's.

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