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Photo credit to Jana Husmann at Natural Spirit Photography.

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Scientifically known as canis lupus, the gray/grey wolf goes by many names such timber wolf and tundra wolf etc.

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They have thick slightly shaggy coats that are white bled through with gray and gray tinted browns. The wolves have light colored eyes and an average adult male is 2.2 - 2.7 ft. tall at the shoulder, 3.9 - 6.6 ft. in length and can run at up to 37 mph.

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Photo credit to thestar.com (news website).

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Wolves are carnivorous predators, which mean they eat mainly meat. Grey wolves hunt mostly large, hoofed animals including different kinds of deer, mountain goats, moose, elk, and bison. They will also hunt rabbits, beavers, birds and fish.

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The gray wolf lives in a diverse range of environments, including tundra, mountain areas, woodlands, forests, grasslands and deserts.

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In 1995 wildlife preserves started reintroducing wolves to the United states in Idaho and Yellowstone, and by 2003 they were reclassified most gray wolves in the lower 48 to "threatened" instead of "endangered"

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In 1933 bounty hunters had almost rid the United states of wolves.

In 1973 President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The ESA prohibits killing, harassing, or damaging any habitat necessary for the survival and/or recovery of the species, and in 1974 that act protected grey wolves.

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It has recently been argued that the gray wolf population is big enough to take them out of the ESA. the counter argument is that the wolves now only occupy 20% of their past territory.So far this is saving them but they need help, support them.

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Mexican gray wolves tend to be more brown in color.(Photo credit to a google user).

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Photo credit to Google User

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A gray wolf defending its territory (photo credit to a YouTube user).