Wolf Returns to Iowa After 89 Years, and Is Shot Dead

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Iowa has not had a reported grey wolf sighting since 1925, until now. Unfortunately a person mistook the animal for a coyote, and killed it. So Iowa is back to "0" I guess.

Wolves are a protected species in Iowa, but a hunter who mistook one for a coyote has shot and killed a healthy young female. Due to full cooperation with the authorities the hunter has not been cited.

The animal was shot back in February in Buchanan County, but DNA tests have now been carried out which are conclusive that it was definitely a Canis Lupis, or grey wolf. This makes it the first such sighting of the species in the state of Iowa since 1925, 89 years ago.

Wolves are capable of travelling immense distances and it is believed it may have come either south from Wisconsin or perhaps from Minnesota where the population is now well re-established.

In 1974 it was estimated that there were only 300 grey wolves left in the entire lower 48, and it was then they were given protection. Their key role in the ecological chain has been proven in the decades since, most especially in the Yellowstone National Park.

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Comments

  1. AnonymousThursday, May 15, 2014 at 7:18:00 PM PDT

    Uno!

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  2. AnonymousThursday, May 15, 2014 at 7:18:00 PM PDT

    He doesn't look a day over 88.

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  3. AnonymousThursday, May 15, 2014 at 7:29:00 PM PDT

    LOL! There are many wives in Ia and Ill, not to mention the mountain lions and now the red wolves.

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    1. AnonymousThursday, May 15, 2014 at 9:52:00 PM PDT

      Not the red wolf anymore

      Delete
    2. AnonymousFriday, May 16, 2014 at 5:00:00 AM PDT

      I have two that come by my house and clean up the table scraps.

      Delete
  4. AnonymousThursday, May 15, 2014 at 7:35:00 PM PDT

    Screw Iowa.

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    1. AnonymousThursday, May 15, 2014 at 9:52:00 PM PDT

      That would take entirely too long to accomplish.

      Delete
  5. AnonymousThursday, May 15, 2014 at 7:52:00 PM PDT

    Kill them all.

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  6. AnonymousThursday, May 15, 2014 at 9:47:00 PM PDT

    Dogman will have his revenge

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  7. AnonymousFriday, May 16, 2014 at 8:58:00 AM PDT

    Such a blatant disregard for nature and life... God would be right to wipe the humans off the planet again and try again

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