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Science/Nature | Claws reveal wolf survival threat – BBC

Recovery of threatened canine groups can be hampered by cross-mating, so the data has important conservation implications. The finding could help efforts to monitor the recovery of threatened wild dogs and wolves around the world. These “dewclaws” are the underdeveloped first toes common in domestic dogs but thought absent from wolves. Anything like this is […]

44,000-year-old wolf with intact fur, organs, stomach found in world’s first – Interesting Engineering

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A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of its last meal – businessinsider.com

This wolf looks pretty good for its age, considering it’s 44,000 years old.In 2021, residents of Yakutia in eastern Russia found the wolf in thick permafrost — soil that normally remains frozen year-round, but in many places has begun to thaw as average global temperatures rise.Now, researchers at North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia, are […]

Fury after real jaguar fur coat appears on clothes site Depop for £300 – The Mirror

One of the illegal coats listed for sale(Image: Essex News and Pictures)Depop has pledged to crack down on people selling illegal furs from endangered animals via its site.Coats made of jaguar and ocelot pelts were among those touted on the fashion app in breach of international laws.One was being advertised for £750 while a seller […]

JWM: Indigenous knowledge informs Alaska wolf listing – The Wildlife Society

ShareWolves have roamed the Alexander Archipelago far longer than human designations such as the Tongass National Forest existed in the area. They were there before the existence of the U.S. Endangered Species Act, before Alaska became a state, and probably before humans arrived in Southeast Alaska thousands of years ago.Knowledge from Indigenous experts, who have […]

Purr trade: Switzerland struggles with a black market in house-cat skins – theverge.com

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.See All PolicyPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.See All ReportDespite new laws banning the sale of cat pelts, activists say the trade continuesDespite new laws banning the sale of cat […]

Fury after real jaguar fur coat appears on clothes site Depop for £300 – Daily Mirror

One of the illegal coats listed for sale(Image: Essex News and Pictures)Depop has pledged to crack down on people selling illegal furs from endangered animals via its site.Coats made of jaguar and ocelot pelts were among those touted on the fashion app in breach of international laws.One was being advertised for £750 while a seller […]