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Authorities: Metro-area wolf sightings not confirmed

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Authorities: Metro-area wolf sightings not confirmed Here is a good article on what “RUMORS” DO…. people just lying about what wolves are doing….. WESTON – A pair of wolves spotted in the Rothschild-Weston area last spring appears to have moved out of the area, though authorities cannot rule them out in the case of a calf reported missing from a farm …

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Mexican gray wolves born at Brookfield Zoo

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It Saddens me that animals have to be in a zoo …. but I am happy that at least they are safe there…. Brookfield Zoo has its first litter of Mexican gray wolves. The zoo announced Tuesday that the pups had emerged from their den at the Regenstein Wolf Woods habitat. They were born in late May to mother Zana …

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Thousands of coyotes occupying Chicago

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CHICAGO — Coyotes usually try to avoid human contact. Yet animal experts say an increasing number of coyotes are setting up shop in one of most dense urban labyrinths: downtown Chicago. A mother coyote strides through a vacant lot in downtown Chicago last June. “Once they got here, they experienced higher reproduction, more food, and so now they have no …

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Lions and wolves and bears — oh my! – The Times: Local

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Mountain lions, gray wolves and American black bears — now returning in limited numbers to Illinois — have been added to the state’s list of protected species. “Wolves, mountain lions and black bears have been absent from Illinois for more than 150 years,” said Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Marc Miller in a statement. “As the populations of these …