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Why Do So Many Humans Hate Wolves?

The relationship between wolves and humans is — and always has been — informed as much by myth and superstition as by facts.

By Avery Hurt
Jun 3, 2021 1:00 PM
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In 2021, after determining that numbers of Canis lupus — the gray wolf — had recovered sufficiently, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) removed the species from list of endangered species list in the contiguous states, ending 45 years of federal protection and returning management of wolves to the states and tribes. The wolves had already been de-listed in some individual states.

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