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Want your own ‘Game of Thrones’ dire wolf?

For over 25 years, the National American Alsatian Breeder’s Club has been overseeing a project to replicate the physical characteristics of the extinct dire wolf.

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Europäischer Wolf (by CROW1973)

‘Most famous wolf in the world’ killed outside Yellowstone
Alpha female 832F had strayed outside the protected boundaries of the park into Wyoming, where wolf hunting is legal.

Eastern wolves deemed separate species
The finding may be important for the future of North American wolves and could help scientists understand how the animals evolved.

‘Breaking Dawn’ after party features caged wolves
The party for the premiere of “Breaking Dawn Part 2,” the last film in the massively successful “Twilight” franchise, was by all accounts a standard Hollywood affair — except for the live caged wolves.

According to PETA, “The wolves were provided by Hollywood Animals, a notorious exhibitor that has been cited for numerous violations of the Animal Welfare Act for repeatedly failing to provide the animals it exploits with basic veterinary care and proper shelter, space, food and water.”

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Wolves singing a protest against scheduled wolf hunt in Wisconsin

Wolf politics raise hackles in U.S. West
America’s wolf wars are heating up, as Montana loosens its hunting rules and other states push for their first legal wolf hunts in almost 40 years.