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| This photo is of a wise, old Timber Wolf, Canis Lupus Lycaon, named Alpha. Picture taken by Katie R. Schwabe, English & Communications Major at UW Stevens Point, while she was a volunteer Wolf Caretaker. Ms. Schwabe wrote about her experiences with bottle feeding cubs and caretaking. You can find the article on this site. Wolves in the wild rarely live to see their fifth birthday. Disease, parasites, injuries, food shortages, and severe winters contribute to the stress that shorten the Wolves life span in the wild. Wolves often live to thirteen, fourteen or beyond in captivity. The record for the oldest captive Wolf appears to be seventeen. |
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