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  Grey Wolf aka Timber Wolf - The wolves of British Columbia, Canada
Grey Wolf aka Timber Wolf - The wolves of British Columbia, Canada
Description - Generally the grey wolf is a grizzled grey but colour varies from white to fl.
Distribution - The grey wolf, also known as the timber wolf, prefers the open tundra and forests of British Columbia.
www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/animals/greywolf.htm   (334 words)

  
 World of the Wolf - Canis lupus
The grey wolf is the largest living member of the family Canidae.
Grey wolves from the hotter, drier parts of the world rarely exceed 50 lb (23 kg).
Equally variable is the colour of the grey wolf.
www.naturalworlds.org /wolf/canis/Canis_lupus.htm   (308 words)

  
 Gray Wolf Fact Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The gray wolf, including the eastern subspecies, the eastern timber wolf (Canis lupus lycaon), is a large animal.
The eastern timber wolf, one of 32 subspecies of gray wolves, was found throughout the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
Wolf preservation and management efforts were enhanced in 1973 with the passage of the Endangered Species Act.
www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/grwofs.html   (752 words)

  
 Wolf Trust - Grey Wolves
Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) - widespread in the northern hemisphere.
Grey is the English spelling and Gray is the American spelling.
A wolf can easily starve for a week and then ingest a huge meal of up to 10kg (22 lbs), but 3-4kg (7 lbs) a day is comfortable.
www.wolftrust.org.uk /faqwolves.html   (982 words)

  
 Gray Wolf
In Minnesota, where the largest wolf population in the lower 48 states resides, a state program provides compensation for livestock confirmed to be killed by wolves, and a federal program provides for trapping of individual wolves guilty of depredation.
Wolf recovery and management are very polarized, controversial, and emotional issues often stemming from people's attitudes, fears and misunderstandings more than wolves themselves.
Wolf recovery efforts represent an opportunity to redress past mistakes and enhance our understanding not only of wolves themselves, but also the complex interactions among species in their natural environments.
www.fws.gov /species/species_accounts/bio_gwol.html   (1679 words)

  
 Gray Wolf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gray Wolf, being a keystone predator, is an integral component of the ecosystems to which it typically belongs.
Wolf growls have a distinct, deep, bass-like quality, and are used much of the time as a threat, though they are not always necessarily used for defense.
In brief, the gray wolf, which, at one point, could be found in any ecosystem on every continent in the Northern Hemisphere, was persistently one of the first species to go once a significant population of humans settled in a given area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolf   (6631 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Grey wolf
There are several subspecies of the grey wolf, including the timber wolf, the Rocky Mountain wolf, the Arctic wolf, the Mexican wolf, the Japanese and the Indian wolf.
The grey wolf is primarily grey or brown, but can range in colour from white to fl.
The alpha wolf (the leader), is usually female and rules the rest of the pack.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/148.shtml   (442 words)

  
 Grey Wolf Scout Camp
Grey Wolf is a 180 acre wilderness area within 30 minutes of downtown Thunder Bay.
Hiking is ideal at Grey Wolf, with trails for an afternoon ramble with your Beavers to those used for the 25 Km Backpacker's Challenge, and everything in between.
Grey Wolf Scout Camp is available for use by all Scouting, Non-Scouting charitable and non-profit groups.
my.tbaytel.net /scouts/greywolf.htm   (999 words)

  
 Wolf Country, facts, the senses observed
Early man was probably followed by a wolf like creature that scavenged on the remains of his kills.
The dentition of the wolf consists of twenty-two teeth: twelve incisors, four canines, sixteen pre molars, and ten carnassials and molars.
The wolf is very comfortable in the water, and does not hesitate to wade through icy streams or swim across short stretches of lake.
www.wolfcountry.net /information/WolfObserved.html   (2048 words)

  
 Grey Wolf
Wolf recovery is a constant on-going expense for federal and state governments as well as placing hardship on individuals who live near recovery areas.
Wolf numbers are increasing 30-40% a year with a commensurate decline in big game herds.
The wolf was consciously and purposely extirpated because it was well understood we could not have a viable livestock industry and allow unmanaged predation.
www.orcattle.com /subjects/greywolf.htm   (729 words)

  
 Grey Wolf - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Grey Wolf, largest member of the wild dog family, one of only two species of wolves known in the world.
The grey, or timber, wolf is classified as Canis lupus.
The maned wolf of Brazil and northern Argentina looks like a stilt-legged red fox with an erectile mane on the back of the neck and top of the...
au.encarta.msn.com /Grey_Wolf.html   (144 words)

  
 Grey Wolf Cellars, The Grey Wolf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
wolf is a large predator that depends for its survival on large prey, such as deer, elk, caribou, and in some parts of its range, moose and bison that can weigh in at more than 1000 pounds.
The grey wolf has encredibly powerful jaws capable of exerting a crushing 1500 pounds per square inch, or roughly twice that of an average domestic dog.
The wolf's role in nature is to ride the population of its prey of the sick and the weak, this assures a strong and healthy population.
www.acatmeowz.com /Portfolio/Portfolio-Web/F-GreyWolf/GWgreywolf.html   (597 words)

  
 Mexican Gray Wolf (DesertUSA)
A small population of the sub-species Mexican Wolf once existed in higher elevations of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico but is now extinct in its native habitat.
The Gray Wolf has a tendency to look lean and rangy somewhat like a coyote, but it is larger and carries its tail high rather than low.
The Mexican Wolf is the rarest, southernmost and most genetically distinct sub-species of the Gray Wolf in North America.
www.desertusa.com /mag98/mar/papr/du_mexwolf.html   (956 words)

  
 News Content Management System
At one time the Grey Wolf was the farthest-flung of all land mammals, loping across much of the Northern Hemisphere.
The wolf is the second largest predator in Europe after the brown bear.
The perception of the wolf - always a core problem - must be improved by educating local people, involving them in land management plans to aid the wolf and where depredation of livestock takes place, protection schemes with dogs should be instituted together with compensation payments.
www.newsscript.co.uk /cgi-bin/newsscript.pl?record=14   (602 words)

  
 Lady Wildlifes Gray Wolves Page
The gray wolf has been the notorious villain of fables and fairy tales for centuries, yet this highly intelligent and sociable animal is wary of humans and avoids them when ever possible.
The gray wolf lives in a variety of habitats, from the arctic tundra and open steppes of the Soviet Union to the mountainous regions and forests of North America.
A wolf that is driven from the pack or that has left on its own is called a lone wolf.
ladywildlife.com /animal/graywolve.html   (836 words)

  
 Gray Wolf
Wolf populations were the lowest in Eurasia between the 1930's and 1960's.
In the 1950's wolf numbers were the lowest in North America.
A thriving wolf population lives in northern Minnesota and there is an isolated population on Isle Royale National Park, Michigan.
www.thewildones.org /Animals/grayWolf.html   (479 words)

  
 UNEP-WCMC - Grey Wolf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD The Grey Wolf was originally one of the world's most widely distributed mammals, living throughout the northern hemisphere north of 15°N latitude.
As the Grey Wolf is common in some countries, often abundant to the point of being a pest, they are monitored as sub-populations and listed upon the appropriate CITES Appendix.
The Grey Wolf is held in many Zoological Gardens and is frequently bred; in fact it is the most commonly captive bred wild canid.
www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/species_sheets/greywolf.htm   (458 words)

  
 Grey Wolf Exploration Inc.
Grey Wolf executes its proven strategy of redeveloping under-exploited properties through the use of inhouse expertise, current technologies such as 3D seismic, and prudent business practices.
Formed in January 2003, following the sale of former Grey Wolf and its affiliated company for $217 million, the Company operated as a private corporation for a period of two years.
Grey Wolf’s production consists of 79% natural gas and 21% crude oil and NGLs.
www.greywolf.ca /about.htm   (196 words)

  
 Gray Wolf - National Wildlife Federation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The gray or timber wolf's story is one of the most compelling tales of American wildlife.
Once, the wolf was plentiful in most of North America, but it was hunted ruthlessly.
Today, the wolf is making a successful comeback in some of its former habitat.
www.nwf.org /wildlife/graywolf   (166 words)

  
 Timber Wolf
Dispersers must be alert to entering other wolf packs' territories, and they must keep a constant vigil to avoid encounters with people, their major enemy.
A female wolf pup trapped in the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, died from a vehicle collision near Johnson Creek in Jefferson County, Wisconsin in March 2001, about 300 miles from her home territory.
The wolf bounty was increased to $20 for adults and $10 for pups.
www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/er/factsheets/mammals/wolf.htm   (2849 words)

  
 RIGZONE - Grey Wolf, Inc.
Grey Wolf, Inc. is a leading provider of contract oil and gas land drilling services in the United States serving both major and independent oil and gas companies with a premium fleet of 120 rigs.
Thursday, January 06, 2005 - Grey Wolf has amended its credit facility with the existing lenders and a new lender in the facility increasing the amount that can be borrowed under the facility from $75 million to $100 million.
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - Grey Wolf reported a net loss of $6.4 million, or $0.04 per share on a diluted basis, for the three months ended March 31, 2004, compared with a net loss of $9.6 million, or $0.05 per share on a diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2003.
www.rigzone.com /news/company.asp?comp_id=912   (645 words)

  
 MAMMALIA - Mexican Grey Wolf, Canis lupus baileyi - Sedgwick County Zoo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Mexican wolf is the rarest, southernmost and most genetically distinct sub-species of the grey wolf in North America.
The Mexican grey wolf is one of the smallest sub-species, reaching an overall length no greater than 4.5 feet and a height maximum of about 3 feet.
The modeled grey apppearance of this animal is excellent as acamouflage in the forested areas.
www.scz.org /animalinfo.asp?aid=1   (205 words)

  
 Grey Wolf Species
The Steppe wolf is a small wolf inhabiting the deserts and steppes of Central Asia.
This is the wolf that once roamed throughout Europe and the entire forest of Russia.
This wolf inhabited Iran and India and the lands in between these two countries, a small wolf with a tan coarse coat.
www.stormpages.com /shadowwolf/grayspecies.html   (669 words)

  
 The Grey Wolf
When their prey had been cornered the grey wolf then needed to be quick to get in close, closer than was generally safe to do, in order to launch their final attack.
For it was too plentiful a food source for the grey wolf to ignore entirely during the present state of hardship.
The life of the Grey Wolf was a life to be envied.
www.lakotawritings.com /The_Grey_Wolf.html   (1753 words)

  
 Endangered Species: Grey Wolf
During this study we dispel myths about the wolf that have continued through history and explore the pack behavior that gives the wolf the power to be a successful predator.
The grey wolf is also called the timber wolf and is the largest of the 41 species of the dog family, Canidae.
While the wolf is not as close to extinction as it once was, the problem of loss of habitat is a difficult one to overcome.
neyture.info /teachered/endanger/reports/mammals/wolf~grey/wolf~grey.html   (1475 words)

  
 Lioncrusher's Domain -- Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) facts and pictures
The wolf became extinct in England in 1486, Scotland in 1743, and Ireland in 1770.
The Indian wolf is very rare, and the genetics of the remaining animals is questionable due to interbreeding with feral dogs.
This wolf's color is generally either gray or fl, the fls being the largest of the two.
www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=35   (1458 words)

  
 Missing Saddle » Blog Archive » Rider Profile: The “Grey Wolf”   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It is no doubt that the Wolf has a year long, deep tan which contrasts his grey head of hair and thin, weiner cleaner over the lip.
The Grey Wolf never misses a minute of sun, and, for all we know, may not even own street clothes.
The Wolf does in fact talk; he told me once that he is from Boise, Idaho, which is another desert town.
www.missingsaddle.com /2006/04/04/rider-profile-grey-wolf   (1135 words)

  
 TheStreet.com: Grey Wolf
Grey Wolf (GW:AMEX - news) has grown dramatically in the past 18 months through an aggressive acquisition campaign.
Grey Wolf also owes some credit for its success to a new board and senior management team that took the reins a year ago April.
Having gone to the junk bond market to refinance some debt and pay for its most recent acquisition of Grey Wolf Drilling -- the company whose purchase spurred DI's name change -- the company's debt-to-capital ratio is 50%, according to two recent brokerage reports.
www.thestreet.com /stocks/10store/702392.html   (1009 words)

  
 The Wolf Homepage
The grey wolf, for example, is placed in a group, called a genus, with other similar animals.
The wolf is a part of the dog family, which is part of the order Carnivora.
Phyla (the plural for phylum) are parts of kingdoms, and the wolf is in the kingdom Animalia (animals).
www.ualberta.ca /~jzgurski/taxa.html   (1720 words)

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