Wolves in national parks often killed when they roam outside boundary

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Half of the deaths among collared wolves at Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park are caused by humans.

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Members of the Shoepack Lake pack of wolves in Voyageurs National Park are captured on a trail camera placed by researchers in the Voyageurs Wolf Project. A new study at five national parks shows humans are a major cause of wolf deaths, mostly when wolves roam outside park boundaries.

ByJohn Myers

January 17, 2023 10:00 AM

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DULUTH — Humans were the most frequent cause of death for research wolves that live in five of the nation’s most highly protected places, national parks, and those deaths led to long-term consequences for wolf packs, a new study has discovered.

Some 36% of collared wolves in the five parks included in the study died at the hands of humans, usually when they ventured just…

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