by wolfcenter | Jun 12, 2021 | Bush dogs, Canines, Conservation, Jeremy Heft
Hidden within the vast jungles and waterways of Central and South America lives one of the rarest and threatened canines on Earth. In an ironic twist, the most abundant canine on the planet is now helping biologists seek out this elusive small carnivore to save the...
by wolfcenter | Jun 7, 2021 | Canines, Conservation, Jeremy Heft, Using Canines
Throughout the Canines Assisting Conservation series, we have examined how invasive species have been accidentally transported or illegally smuggled around the world, causing ecological threats wherever they land. However, some occurrences of alien invasion were...
by wolfcenter | May 22, 2021 | Canines, Conservation, Desert Tortoises, Jeremy Heft, Using Canines
Although the Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) outlived the dinosaurs, can live in deserts reaching 140 F, go an entire year without a drink, and must enter dormancy for most of the year to survive, these ancient reptiles are still struggling to overcome new...
by wolfcenter | May 19, 2021 | Canines, Carnivores, Jeremy Heft, Wolves
By JOHN FLESHER May 13, 2021 TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A group of scientists urged the Biden administration Thursday to restore legal protections for gray wolves, saying their removal earlier this year was premature and that states are allowing too many of the...
by wolfcenter | May 18, 2021 | Conservation, Jeremy Heft, Using Canines
As our household dogs emotionally help us through our current Covid-19 pandemic, keep in mind that conservation canines are also working to help the most endangered mammal overcome their pandemic plague. Dogs may just be the key to the third resurrection of the...
by wolfcenter | May 8, 2021 | Canines, Conservation, Jeremy Heft, Using Canines
Around the world, guard dogs protect livestock, property, people, and even elephants. Did you know they are instrumental in protecting penguins? For most of our discussions on how our four-legged friends are aiding in the conservation of imperiled species around the...
