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2022

Patterns and determinants of dispersal in grey wolves (Canis lupus)

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Poaching of protected wolves fluctuated seasonally and with non‑wolf hunting

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Scientist perspectives toward the status and management of gray wolves in the western United States

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Genetic diversity and mate selection in a reintroduced population of gray wolves

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Advancing Wildlife Policy of Eastern Timber Wolves and Lake Sturgeon through Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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Comparative Ecological Perspectives of Two Ancient Lineages of Gray Wolves: Woolly Wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes)

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The Role of Wolves in Regulating a Chronic Non-communicable Disease, Osteoarthritis, in Prey Populations

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An assessment of current wolf Canis lupus domestication hypotheses based on wolf ecology and behaviour

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  2021

Gray wolves as climate change buffers in Yellowstone

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Wolves choose ambushing locations to counter and capitalize on the sensory abilities of their prey

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Evaluating how lethal management affects poaching of Mexican wolves

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Interference competition between wolves and coyotes during variable prey abundance
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Analysis of central place foraging behaviour of wolves using hidden Markov models
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A metapopulation model of social group dynamics and disease applied to Yellowstone wolves

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Wolves make roadways safer, generating large economic returns to predator conservation

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  2020

 Does harvest affect genetic diversity in grey wolves?
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Berry Important? Wolf Provisions Pups with Berries in Northern Minnesota
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Deer density drives habitat use of establishing wolves in the Western European Alps 
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Dietary spectrum in Himalayan wolves: comparative analysisof prey choice in conspecifics across high-elevationrangelands of Asia
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Seasonal and inter-annual variation in diet for gray wolves Canis lupus in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan
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Hand-reared wolves show similar, or stronger, attachment toward human caregivers compared to hand-reared dogs
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How do YouTube videos impact tolerance of wolves?
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Combining Harvest and Genetics to Estimate Reproduction in Wolves
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The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild
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Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia
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Wolves are back: Sociopolitical identity and opinions on management of Canis lupus
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Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder–carnivore coexistence

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Draft Acoustic vs photographic monitoring of wolves: a methodological comparison of two passive monitoring techniques
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Investigating the genetic and environmental architecture of interpack aggression in North American grey wolves
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Opportunity and peril: how wolves use a dense network of forest roads
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  2019

Genetics and extinction and the example of Isle Royale wolves
hedrick_et_al-2019-animal_conservation.pdf
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Natural re-colonization and admixture of wolves (Canis lupus) in theUS Pacific Northwest: challenges for the protection andmanagement of rare and endangered taxa
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Injury Scores and Spatial Responses of Wolves Following Capture: Cable Restraints Versus Foothold Traps
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Slowing down wolves to protect boreal caribou populations:a spatial simulation model of linear feature restoration
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Discussion: Illegal kills of protected wolves call for public reasoning
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Keep the wolf from the door: How to conserve wolves in Europe's human- T dominated landscapes?
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Conservation genomics illustrates the adaptive uniqueness of North American gray wolves
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The Wolves are back In Montana
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Refuge as major habitat driver for wolf presence inhuman-modified landscapes
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Functional response of wolves to human development across boreal North America
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South Peace Caribou Recovery following Five Years of Experimental Wolf Reduction
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Lethal management may hinder population recovery in Iberian wolves
quevedo_etal_2019_biodiversconserv.pdf
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Large carnivores under assault in Alaska
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Wolves contribute to disease control in a multi-host system
tanner_et_al-2019-scientific_reports.pdf
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  2018


Forecasting cattle depredation risk by recolonizing gray wolves
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Population responses of common ravens to reintroduced gray wolves
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Law Gone Wild: A descriptive technical analysis of public confidence levels in BC’swildlife enforcement agencies
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Resource selection by coastal wolves reveals the seasonal importance of seral forest and suitable prey habitat
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    2017

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The Parliamentary Outdoor Caucus: the secret group of MPs and Senators working to sabotage animal cruelty and
wildlife protection legislation - The Animal Protection Party of Canada
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Wildlife Watch: Killing wolves is a detriment to ecosystems
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Ungulate predation and ecological roles of wolves and coyotes in eastern North America
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Anthropogenic environmental traps: Where do wolves kill their prey in a commercial forest?
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Space use by gray wolves (Canis lupus) in response to simulated howling: a case study and a call for further investigation
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2016

Open letter from scientists and scholars about the Little Smoky caribou range plan
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Fencing Large Predator-Free and Competitor-Free Landscapes for the Recovery ofWoodland Caribou in Western Alberta: An Ineffective Conservation Option
141_-_2017_-_fencing_caribou_in_western_alberta-2.pdf
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Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities
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Predator control should not be a shot in the dark
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Blood does not buy goodwill: allowing culling increases poaching of a large carnivore
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The War on Predators in Western Canada Kills Martens, Fishers and Wolverines
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Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities
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2015

Predator Bounties in Western Canada Cause Animal Suffering and Compromise Wildlife Conservation Efforts
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Poisoning wolves with strychnine is unacceptable in experimental studies and conservation programmes
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Hunting for Trophies: Online Hunting Photographs Reveal Achievement Satisfaction with Large and Dangerous Prey
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Alberta Trapper's Association AGM - Resolutions
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Humaneness and Selectivity of Killing Neck Snares Used to Capture Canids in Canada: A Review
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Guide to Trapping Regulations - Fur bearers by the Alberta Government
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Maintaining Ethical Standards During Conservation Crises
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Wolf Cull Will Not Save Threatened Caribou
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Alberta's Wolf Failures
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in caribou, moose, and wolf scat samples from three areas of the Alberta oil sands
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Livestock Management for Coexistence with Large Carnivores, Healthy Land and Productive Ranches
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Alberta Guide to Hunting Regulations - Alberta government
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Ranchers & Wolves - Carolyn Campbell
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Late-winter Habitat of The Little Smoky Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) Population, Alberta, Canada: Vegetation Composition and Structural Characteristics, Management Implications, and Habitat Conservation Plan
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2014

International Scientists to Alberta: Drop Archaic Wolf Bounties
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Bad News Bambi - Kevin Van Tighem
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Alberta Wolf Bounty Municipal Programs - Alberta Wilderness Association
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Alberta Wolf Kill Study - Root Cause of Caribou Decline Unchecked - Alberta Wilderness Association
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Reason for Pause: The future of wolves in Elk Island National Park
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Living with Livestock and Wolves:Nonlethal Conflict Avoidance - Literature Review
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Looking for Action: Caribou Losing Ground - Canadian Parks and Wilderness Association
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Santa's Pickup - An Alberta Christmas Tale - Kevin Van Tighem
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Progress Report for Testing Monitoring Techniques for wolves in southwest Alberta
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Managing wolves (Canis Lupus) to recover threatened woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Alberta
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Addendum to "Managing wolves (Canis Lupus) to recover threatened caribou (Rangifer Tarandus caribou) in Alberta"
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Effects of Wolf Mortality on Livestock Depredations
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Heavily hunted wolves have higher stress and reproductive steroids than wolves with lower hunting pressure
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Wolves - evolution, distribution and more
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2013

The inhumanity of wolf management
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History of Bounty Hunting
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Widespread mesopredator effects after wolf extirpation
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Searching for wolves in western Alberta was frustrating until routine poison control were halted
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2012

Prevalence of antibodies to canine parvovirus and distemper virus in wolves in the Canadian rocky mountains.   
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Can they share a landscape
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2011

The influences of wolf predation, habitat loss, and human activity on caribou and moose in the Alberta oil sands
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Rescuing wolves from politics: Wildlife as a public trust resource
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Public Environmental Rights
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Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15 years after wolf reintroduction
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Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth
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A model for assessing the relative humaneness of pest animal control methods
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2010

Coyote Predation Control Manual (Explains use of poisons on canids) - by The Government of Alberta
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A review of wolf management programs in Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta and Northwest Territories
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Wolf Family Values
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Meta- analysis of relationships between human offtake, total mortality, and population dynamics of gray wolves (canis lupus)
journal.pone.0012918_1_.pdf
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The Impact of Snares on Animal Welfare
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2009

Density, Demography, and Functional Response of a Harvested Wolf Population in West-Central Alberta, Canada
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Prey composition, habitat selection and movement of wolves in southwest Alberta
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Husbandry practices and livestock vulnerability influence depredation by wolves in southwest Alberta
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Protection from harvesting restores the natural social structure of eastern wolf packs
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BC SPCA statement on Predator Control
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BC SPCA statement on Trapping
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2008

Strychnine - A killer from the Past
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Social and Ecological Benefits of Restored Wolf Populations
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Wolf Reproduction in Response to Caribou Migration and Industrial Development on the Central Barrens of Mainland Canada
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2007

Mammal trapping: a review of animal welfare standards of killing and restraining traps
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2006

Wolf Numbers Down - NWT Wolf Notes
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2005

Alberta Woodland Caribou Recovery Plan
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Behavior and Conservation of Wolves in Alaska - Gordon Haber
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Linking Wolves and Plants: Aldo Leopold on Trophic Cascades
ripplewilliam.ferm.linkingwolvesplants.pdf
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Wolf Stories
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