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Thursday, November 6, 2014
Wolf Spotted In Grand Canyon Could Be Gray Wolf
A lone gray wolf may be roaming the Grand Canyon for the first time in 70 years. Pictured is a gray wolf resting in tall grass. (U.S. Fish & Wildlife via AP)
A lone wolf wearing a radio collar has been spotted at the Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon a number of times in the past few weeks. Biologists believe it might be a gray wolf.
If so, it would be the first sighting in the national park in 70 years.
Wolf expert Rolf Peterson, a professor at Michigan Tech University told Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson, “the Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon needs wolves,” especially because “we did a very good jobs of getting rid of wolves in the 20s.”
Peterson, who says lone wolves often travel long distances from their packs, but if it is a gray wolf, the sighting would be significant, but “it’s a little premature to declare the wolf totally recovered.”
Guest
- Rolf Peterson, research professor at Michigan Tech University.
Other stories from Thursday's show
- Scientists Develop New Ways To Tailor Cancer Treatment
- Beyond The Ballot: Tuesday’s Winners And Losers
- Remembering The Battle Of Fallujah
- French Authorities Investigate Drones Sighted Over Nuclear Reactors
- What The Midterms Could Mean For The Economy
- Wolf Spotted In Grand Canyon Could Be Gray Wolf
- Celebrating John Philip Sousa’s 160th Birthday
- Ray Rice Seeks NFL Reinstatement
- Pale Male Still The Bird King Of Central Park
- President Obama Requests $6 Billion To Fight Ebola
- How Twitter Made #AlexFromTarget A Teen Idol
- Sierra Leone Struggles To Cope With Ebola Outbreak
- Republicans Won More Of Latino Vote: What Will That Mean For Immigration Reform?
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