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NIKI2

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:50 PM

Yup, yup and yup, Perfesser. Me too.

On the other hand, they do still exist in Europe. The ones mentioned in Norway, and

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Roughly, about 250 wolves live in remote mountainous areas in Italy, and are officially protected.

You're right about Spain:

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"Grupo Lobo" was founded in Spain and Portugal in 1985 in attempt to protect the wolves in the mountains on the Spain/Portugal border. There is an extremely small number of wolves in Sweden, regardless of protective legislation.

Scotland, England and Ireland wiped them out long ago.

The Gray Wolf still exists in small numbers in other places, too:

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The Gray Wolf, more specifically known as the Canis lupus, is located in countries such as Russia, Greenland, Spain, Turkey, Albania, and parts of Asia to name a few places.

Other species and subspecies of the wolf are still around in South America:

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The Chrysocyon brachyurus, also known as the Maned Wolf, is found in South America. Specifically, they are found in Brazil, Paraguay, the north of Argentina, the east of Bolivia, and the north of the Andes.

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The Canis Simensis, also known as the Ethiopian wolf or the red jackal, or the Simien fox, is found in Africa. Specifically, you can find this wolf at altitudes greater than three thousand meters in the Afro-alpine regions of Ethiopia. It’s one of the tallest dogs in the world; they can grow up to one meter tall and weigh about fifty pounds

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The Canis Lupus Pallipes, also known as the Indian wolf or the Iranian wolf, is actually a subspecies of the above Gray Wolf. You can find this wolf throughout India, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the south of Israel.

We'll see if, and for how long, various species survive; they're good survivors and multiply well, depending on the food supply, but they're still so frequently hunted, despite protected status most places, that who knows what their survival will bring, and how long it will be until they're extinct except in North America.

Thank you, Perfesser; I fully agree about man's attitude toward wolves, and it saddens me deeply.

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