#iberian wolf

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IM NOT LATE AT ALL

tired beast Thursday!!

[crittersincostume]

This is hard to stomach.

“Sierra Morena is a system of rugged mountain ranges in the south of the Iberian Peninsula where a very small wolf population has lived in isolation for half a century. A breeding pair of wolves was last sighted in 2013, however an extensive survey in 2016 could not find a breeding population. The DNA of a road-killed wolf from 2003 indicated high levels of inbreeding and 30% of the genome being that of dog. It is thought that as the population of these wolves declined, the inability to find a mate led to inbreeding and hybridization with dogs. The wolves in this region may now be extinct.” [Wikipedia]

In my past life, I was an iberian wolf living in Sierra Morena. I’m sure of that because I remember stumbling across an iberian lynx and that’s the only territory that those two animals share. I died because my pack was hunted down by some shepherds. I had no idea what happened to my family after my death…until now. I’ve made a research and the pack was declared extinct in 2019. We’re all gone. Honestly it doesn’t surprise me. Iberian wolves don’t live in big packs and there were a lot of shepherds who chased us that night. They caused the extinction of my family. I don’t know what to think about this.

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iberian wolf , satyr , and satyr femme for @houndsbane !

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May I suggest the Iberian wolf? I had the pleasure of taking part in the necropsy of one years ago, dead of distemper. Being used to dogs it was really cool to see how different they are.

Absolutely!

Have you seen the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus)?

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Voting ended onNov 4, 2024

Photos thanks to Juan Carlos Munoz & the Parc zoologique de Paris!

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Wolves discovered living just outside Rome for first time in more than a century

Hidden cameras captured a pair of mature cubs drinking from a watering hole and loping through the undergrowth of the protected area.

The city's symbol is a she-wolf suckling the infant brothers Romulus and Remus, and now wolves have been spotted outside Rome for the first time in more than a century. The wolves were photographed by hidden cameras in startling proximity to the city – roaming a nature reserve just outside the busy three-lane ring road that encircles the Italian capital. The reserve at Castel di Guido is not far from Leonardo da Vinci international airport – the city’s biggest – and is run by LIPU, the Italian League for the Protection of Birds. Biologists believe there are at least two cubs and two adults living in the reserve. The male adult has been nicknamed Romulus by researchers. “This is the first time in more than 100 years that wolves have been found living near Rome,” Alessia De Lorenzis, a professor of natural sciences who is monitoring the wolf pack, told The Telegraph. “We’re very pleased that they are back.”

The wolves should pose no threat to livestock because analysis of their excrement had shown that their diet was made up exclusively of wild boar, which roam the countryside in large numbers. “We think they probably arrived here from the area around Lake Bracciano, north of Rome, where wolves have always existed, even when the species was pushed towards extinction,” said Prof De Lorenzis.

Killing wolves was encouraged in Italy until the 1970s, by which time only 100 or so individuals remained in Italy. But the species was given protected status in 1971 and has since gradually recovered. It is believed there are now 1,500-2,000 individuals roaming Italy, with strong populations in the Apennines and in the Alps, on the border with France.

The wolves have crossed the border in recent years and are blamed by French farmers and shepherds for killing sheep. The wolves have gradually moved north, into the Massif Central and up through the Jura and Vosges mountains, with claims recently that some are living in the countryside around Paris. Conservation groups are campaigning for wolves to be reintroduced to Britain, along with brown bears and lynx. Beavers have already been successfully reestablished in some parts of the country.

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Wolfie :]

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National animal of Portugal 🇵🇹

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Iberian Wolf

Photographe: Andoni Canela Fotografía