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For Jeff Traynor, co-owner of Monadnock Pest and Wildlife Services, evicting various non-human creatures from human dwellings is a big part of his job. He said fall is the time of year when the wildlife side of his business picks up. Traynor, a New...

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press

Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they were rooted out of the region?Advocates who think so say a recent DNA analysis shows a strapping canine shot by a coyote hunter in upstate New York last winter...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they were rooted out of the region?

ALBANY, N.Y. — Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they were rooted out of the region?Advocates who think so say a recent DNA analysis shows a strapping canine shot by a coyote hunter in upstate New...

State wildlife officials say there's no evidence wild wolves have reestablished themselves in Northeast region, but not everyone is convinced.

“The question is: What is a wolf? And that is not as simple as it sounds.” Read more on Boston.com.

Advocates who think so say a recent DNA analysis shows a strapping canine shot by a coyote hunter in upstate New York last winter was actually a wolf.

Critics claim wildlife officials are slow to acknowledge wolves in their midst because they would have to accommodate the presence of a federally protected species.

State wildlife officials say there's no evidence wild wolves have reestablished themselves in Northeast region, but not everyone is convinced.