Sentences with phrase «gray wolves hunted»

Their great - greatgreat grandfathers, the gray wolves hunted to survive, chasing moose and elk.

Not exact matches

Under the new agreement gray wolves will be delisted in those states that have protection plans — where limited hunting will be allowed.

Under the new agreement, gray wolves will be delisted in those states that have established suitable protection plans (Idaho and Montana)-- so limited hunting will be allowed there — while federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections will remain in place in the other states (Washington, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming) where gray wolf populations are still in jeopardy.

In the Northern Rockies, gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park, a large protected area where neither cattle grazing nor big game hunting are allowed.

The wolf pack is often pictured as the model of cooperative hunting, but not all gray wolves (Canis lupus) work together to bring down their prey.

Red wolves and eastern wolves probably first appeared when early settlers hunted gray wolves in the eastern United States, says Doug Smith.

Their chief natural predator, the once - statewide population of gray wolves, has been hunted nearly to extinction.

The Friday ruling bans any hunting and trapping of gray wolves...

The breed is a fortuitous blend of terrier, working and hunting stock, most likely derived from crossing wirehaired pinschers with black German poodles and gray wolf spitz.

Prior to decades of systematic hunting and poisoning of gray wolves, the iconic predator could be found in nearly every corner of the North America, from the northern wilds of Canada to as far south central Mexico.