A frriend of mine who lives in the Northern California mountains told me that the envuironmentalists have released a number of breeding couples of Canadian wolves in her area recently.
The larger Canadian wolves difer from our Timber wolves by over 100 pounds, stand on all fours at the waist of a six foot man!
Many pets, deer and other animals have gone missing since the release.
Apparaently this is being done in many various locations.
that should make life interesting for the Nuestra Familia
types running grow ops in the woods..
"Dimensions
Gray wolves are the largest extant members of the Canidae, excepting certain large breeds of domestic dog.[24] Gray wolf weight and size can vary greatly worldwide, tending to increase proportionally with latitude as predicted by Bergmann's Rule.[45] Adult wolves are 105–160 cm (41–63 in) in length and 80–85 cm (32–34 in) in shoulder height.[46] The tail is ⅔ the length of the head and body,[47] measuring 29–50 cm (11–20 in) in length. The ears are 90–110 millimeters (3.5–4.3 in) in height, and the hind feet are 220–250 mm.[46] Wolf weight varies geographically; on average, European wolves may weigh 38.5 kilograms (85 lb), North American wolves 36 kilograms (79 lb), Indian and Arabian wolves 25 kilograms (55 lb)[48] and North African wolves 13 kilograms (29 lb).[49] Females in any given wolf population typically weigh 5–10 lbs less than males.[50] Wolves weighing over 54 kg (120 lbs) are uncommon, though exceptionally large individuals have been recorded in Alaska, Canada,[50] and the former Soviet Union.[46][51] The heaviest recorded gray wolf in North America was killed on 70 Mile River in east-central Alaska on July 12, 1939 and weighed 79.4 kilograms (175 lb),[50] while the heaviest recorded wolf in Eurasia was killed after World War II in the Kobelyakski Area of the Poltavskij Region, Ukrainian SSR, and weighed 86 kilograms (190 lb).[51]"
I occasionally see a guy with a big, big dog called a Neopolitan Mastiff, and that dude is huge. Slobbering, friendly, unlike my ideas about Gray Wolves in the wild.
It is a good thing to remind ALL dog owners that their veloved friends descend from very capable carnivores.
My 3.5 pound Chihuahua is viscious, when angry, scared, provoked, in presence of perceived food competitor, etc.
In about 1/1000 second he reverts thousands of years from domestic pet to wild hungry wolf, in spite of his small size, which he doesn't understand in the least.
Hate to imagine him at 175 pounds.