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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? 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.
State wildlife officials say there's no evidence wild wolves have reestablished themselves in Northeast region, but not everyone is convinced.
State wildlife officials say there's no evidence wild wolves have reestablished themselves in Northeast region, but not everyone is convinced.
Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they were rooted out of the region?
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.