Wild Wolf Research Paper

The Wolf has a rather interesting history to the nation of the U.S. “The moment the first wolf faced its fear and stepped into the circle of light cast by man's fire has been lost in time. In that now obscure moment, the history of man and wolf was forever changed.” (A History of Wild Wolves in the United States.) For centuries native people of America have depicted wolves in their art telling great stories, some of which man and wolf are joined as one powerful creature.
Many Natives believe and some still do, in the brotherhood with the wild wolves. “Not so long ago, wolves roamed nearly all of the United States. Between 250,000 and 500,000 wild wolves living in harmony with Native Americans and the rest of the ecosystem.” (A History of
With the help of humans, very few wolf species are recovering into the wild. It is greatly possible that the wolf range that once covered almost the entire U.S will never return to the way it used to be. It is clear that they will recover to half of what the population was in the future.

The wolves are surprisingly very adaptive to many habitat types except a select few such as Tropical forests and harsh deserts.“Wolves can be found in savannas, taiga, tundra, plains, steppes, and all forest habitats.” (Grey Wolf.” Mac Como Zoo).Today gray wolves have populations in; Alaska, northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, western Montana, northern Idaho, northeast Oregon and the Yellowstone area of Wyoming. Mexican wolves is a subspecies of the gray wolf and were reintroduced to protected parkland in eastern Arizona and southwest New Mexico. The historic range of the gray wolf covered over two-thirds of the United States.Mexican wolves were among the few species of wolves that were almost plunged into extinction. Thanks to human intervention their species has been built back
Over the years the wolf population has increased gradually.“Before Europeans came to North America it was estimated that hundreds of thousands of wolves roamed the land.” (Return of the Wolf Population). The gray wolf made its home in the mid to North Western part of the U.S. along with the mid to North Western part of Canada. The eastern wolf made its home in the Eastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. The red wolf made its home in the Southeastern and Southwestern U.S. while also spreading down into Mexico. “It has been said that besides humans wolves were and are able to survive in almost all weather conditions as seen from their survival in both North Carolina and Alaska today.” (Gray Wolves in North America.”)The Wolves had ample prey and large land to roam free, they had nothing to fear so they thrived. Unfortunately, as humans do, they began to change things when they arrived at the land and greatly affected the wolf population throughout North