Sentences with phrase «wild wolves»

Their formulas are designed to mimic the natural diet of wild wolves, so the company takes great care in the formulation and production of their pet foods.

The canine world of today is highly diverse in that it may be quite impossible for some of us to grasp the fact that all dogs have one and the same wild wolf ancestors.

The whole idea of a bunch of free agents running around like wild wolves looking for a kill is at the root of the problem.

He says the findings could be used to track and manage wild wolf populations better, and help mitigate conflict with farmers.

These findings were then applied to wild wolves as well as domestic dogs.

After all, wild wolves hunt animal prey and most of their natural diet consists of meat.

Wild wolves do hunt and eat animal prey, but they consume almost all parts of the animal, including its stomach contents.

The alternative to this of course, being eaten alive by wild wolves, is much less savory and appealing to the taste buds.

You won't be surprised, however, to learn that this breed does have wild wolf blood in its heritage.

The Wilderness line features meat - rich ingredients in recipes inspired by the ancestral diet of wild wolves.

This may come as a surprise, because we typically think of dogs like wild wolves, preferring the taste of raw meat over anything.

Wild wolves don't readily consume too many carbohydrates, but the domestic dog has evolved to more closely resemble humans in terms of diet.

Dogs are descended from wild wolves who have a natural aversion to soiling their dens.

Siberian husky's ancestors have much in common with wild wolves of prehistoric.

This ratio is of similar magnitude to the case of wild wolf packs with several breeding individuals, where leaders led for 78 % of the recorded time, ranging from 58 % to 90 % [18].

Comment: Since the age of ten, Michelle Paver dreamed about running with wild wolves in the prehistoric forest; but living in London her options were limited!

Raw advocates surmise that because dogs evolved from wolves (who are carnivores), it is only logical that they should eat as wild wolves eat — namely, carcasses.

Historically, being timid and avoiding humans was a good strategy for wild wolves, but in this case the timid wolves spent too much energy running away and weren't able to scavenge as effectively as the bolder ones.

The seemingly tamed wild wolves just up and walk through the monkey herd, while the monkeys act like the wolves don't exist.

When you watch the IMAX film Wolves you think you're seeing wild wolves as they roam freely across remote landscapes.

Researchers have uncovered a genetic difference between wild wolves and domesticated dogs which explains why they interact with humans differently.

February 2012 — A new census showed an increase in wild Mexican wolf pup births for the second year in a row, bringing the count of wild wolves up from 50 to 58 individuals, with breeding pairs increasing from two to six.

Adding to recent reports that rare wild wolves have been driven from their mountain habitat by pre-games construction, conservationists are dismayed at Olympic villages being constructed on once - pristine mountainsides and hundreds of trees being cut down to build ski jumps and a bobsled run — which, no offense to bobsledding, will probably sit unused and crumbling after the games.

Recent studies have shown that wild wolves live in co-operative family units usually led by parents.

Cross-fostering introduces additional complications: Genetically valuable pups must be born in captivity at almost exactly the same time as a wild litter, and managers have to closely monitor wild wolves to know that has happened.

A federal rule change earlier this year opened the door for releases in New Mexico, and also expanded the territory where wild wolves would be allowed to roam.

Mating between domesticated dogs and wild wolves over hundreds of years has left a genetic mark on the wolf gene pool, new research has shown.

Unfortunately this means there's little genetic diversity flowing into the fledgling wild wolf population, which compromises the ability of the 58 wolves in Arizona and New Mexico to grow healthily and sustainably.

Over the past six years only 11 captured wolves have been released into the wild, while dozens of other once - wild wolves remain in captivity.

Suffer from the 10 a.m. dull headache that will no doubt snake up the back of my neck and seize my forehead and temples like a band of howling wild wolves choreographed to the sound of Middle Eastern drums?

While Bertie looks about as menacing as a furry doorstop, all of his actions connect him to his distant wild wolf ancestors.

Because your dog is so cute and cuddly and lovable and loyal, it is easy to forget all about the canine's ancient ferocious wild wolf ancestors.

Rather, wild wolves cohabitate in family groups and live largely peaceful lives together.

It is theorized that wild wolves associated with early man eating left over food in his camps.

It is also designed with WholePrey ratios for optimal nutrition inspired by the natural diets of wild wolves so you can be sure that it offers high - quality nutrition.

Despite being bred to track and kill wild wolves, the Irish wolfhound has a kind and sweet temperament with humans.

By 1985, however, more than 75 % of the American public had come to believe that extirpating wild wolves from the Lower 48 states had been an ecological mistake.

The Backcountry product line is comprised of recipes inspired by the natural diet of wild wolves while the Limited Ingredient Diet line features pure, simple recipes designed for dogs with food allergies or sensitive stomachs.

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Forest — it \'s a whole world full of life, but its inhabitants are not so friendly, bandits and wild wolves await you.

Even Kentucky wildlife officials were skeptical that the animal Troyer had shot was a free - roaming wild wolf — after all, the species hadn't been spotted in the state since the mid-1800s.

According to the International Wolf Center, wild wolves eat a carnivorous diet, getting fruits and veggies from the stomachs of their prey.

The now - outdated dominance theory of dog training was based on the idea that dogs travel in hierarchical (alpha, beta, et al) packs like wild wolves do.

The phenomenon is seen less frequently in wild wolf populations of North America.

Wild wolves hunt live prey.

Our furry companions evidently descended from wild wolves — resulting from thousands of years of human selection.

But too often Francis» radical message is lost and we reduce him to a gentle, whimsical hippie who fed birds, smelled flowers and tamed wild wolves.

Many researchers believe that dogs were domesticated more than once, and that even after domestication, they occasionally interbred with wild wolves.

«We found that while hybridisation has not compromised the genetic distinctiveness of wolf populations, a large number of wild wolves in Eurasia carry a small proportion of gene variants derived from dogs, leading to the ambiguity of how we define genetically «pure wolves».