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Experts warn hybrid predators are attacking people and livestock and are now a major threat

In the spring of 2023, a livestock farmer in central Italy lost several sheep in a single night to an animal that local wildlife officers initially logged as a wolf. Genetic testing told a different ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nearly Half of Italy’s Wolves Are Part Dog Now, Thanks to Hybridization. Is That a Threat to the Species?

Wolf-dog hybrids are growing far more common in Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the wolves Gennaro Tomma, bioGraphic About 47 percent of wolves in Italy are considered wolf-dog ...
SFGate

Calif. sheriff is livid after latest wolf attack

A sheriff in Northern California is calling on the state for help after dozens of wolf attacks in the area last year. Lassen County Sheriff John McGarva released a letter on Monday, saying gray wolves ...
New Scientist

Himalayan wolf-dog hybrids emerge as a threat to wolves and people

There’s no doubt. The greyish coat, the effortless trot over soft snow, the way it stops, stalks, then strikes, picking off a marmot and ending it with one bite: it’s a wolf. That’s what I’m watching ...