No evidence of breeding

[Tony Cooney]

The Newfoundland wolf is believed to have been hunted to extinction on the island since about 1930, but the grey wolf is still found in Labrador.

"Although wolves may occasionally arrive from Labrador, there is no evidence of a breeding population on the island portion of the province," said Friday's news release.

The release said the province has collected tissue samples from about 3,000 coyotes shot or trapped in Newfoundland through the coyote carcass collection program but that, to date, no other wolves have been identified.

The province said its strategy for monitoring and managing the threatened woodland caribou population on the island has also not found evidence of wolves.

 

After reading this how can wildlife believe there no other wolves or that wolves are not breeding here on the island when a wildlife trail cam found one that look to be a young wolf.  Hmmmm  it make me think that wildlife is not up front with what they have or know.  What do you think? I like to hear from hunters and trappers who are in the woods in the past few weeks.  Our site has posted pictures of wolf like tracks and now there a video from wildlife,  and don't forget the big wolf that Joe shot. 

 

 

"We can only speculate on how this wolf arrived on the island of Newfoundland, but most likely it travelled from Labrador on sea ice to the island," Terry French, environment and conservation minister for Newfoundland and Labrador, said in a news release

 So my question to minster French Is it possible that this could be our own wolf and not some travelling wolf from labrador?