Wolves

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Wolves

• By Elena,
• Jorge, and
• Gabriel

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Introduction

• They are 26 to 32 inches at shoulder and weigh 55
  to 155 pounds. Females are a little smaller than
  males. People think its a good idea to kill
  wolves because they have been killing their
  cattle and sheep. During the 1950s wolves were
  the lowest in North America. That is why wolves
  should be safe.

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Endangered Species

• Wolves are listed in the endangered species list.
  This means that this animal is endangered and may
  become extinct. The only place that wolves are
  hardly threaten is Alaska. Wolves live up to 8
  years.If they are not in danger.

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Expressions

• Wolves show emotion or expressions when it lifts
  its tail up. Wolves communicate with mimic art of
  body language. These are some pictures of how
  wolves express themselves with body language.

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Threats

• Wolves are in danger because of illegal hunting.
  This threat has become some thing bad for their
  survival. Another threat is when humans destroy
  wolves' territory by building things on their
  land. This leads to their death because they do
  not find another place to live. This is why
  wolves are in danger.

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Territory

• Wolves live in groups or a pack. There are
  usually 6 to 10 wolves in a pack. The wolves
  pack territory may be up to 20-120 square miles.
  Wolves need a lot of space for their survival. If
  a pack goes to another packs territory, it is
  risking the packs life.

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How Many Wolves Are There?

• Right now there are about 2,500 wolves living
  in the lower 48 states and about 10,000 wolves
  living in Alaska. The gray wolf is listed in the
  threatened species in Wisconsin but was removed
  from the endangered species list in 2004 and was
  listed as protected wild animals.

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• The sound of a wolfs howl is becoming a more
  common in Wisconsin. A gray wolfs howl can be
  very disturbing in local areas. The difference
  between the gray wolf and a coyote is the weight
  and the size.

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Wolf diet

• Wolves usual prey is meat. Wolves eat foods such
  as elk, deer, moose, and deer, bison, fish and
  caribou. They usually prey need about 3 to ten
  pounds of meat every day. Wolves also eat grass
  for their digestive system.

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The End