SOURCE: The Billings Gazette, Associated Press

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) - Fremont County commissioners are trying to make something clear to lawmakers across the state: wolves are not welcome in their county.

The commissioners voted to reinforce an earlier, controversial resolution declaring wolves as predators.

Today, there are three different, recognized wolf species in North America: the gray wolf (Canis lupus), the red wolf (Canis rufus) and the coyote or "brush wolf" (Canis latrans). The origin of the red wolf has been debated extensively, as some biologists believe that it is simply a gray wolf/ coyote hybrid. Others believe that it is a true species.

AUTHOR: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Press Release

(OTTAWA) - Environmentalists are breathing a sigh of relief now that the Ontario government has passed new hunting regulations to better protect the Algonquin Park wolf population. The new regulations prohibit year-round the hunting and trapping of wolves in 39 townships surrounding Algonquin Park.

AUTHOR: Clinton Balok, DVM

Velvet is the word used to describe the antler of animals such as deer, elk, and caribou before it has started to calcify. In the Orient, velvet has been used for over 2,000 years as a natural remedy for a variety of ailments. In North America velvet is marketed as a dietary supplement.

Candy Kitchen Rescue Ranch is a non-profit organization providing safe sanctuary to abused and abandoned captive-bred wolves and wolf dogs, with a focus on education, ecology and the environment, responsible ownership of wolf dogs and the humane care of all animals.

Wolf Awareness Inc. is a non-profit, charitable foundation dedicated to the conservation of wolves’ through research and education. The Central Rockies Wolf Project is the research branch of Wolf Awareness Inc. Scientifically accurate information forms the basis of their education programs.

Wolves have been present in Alaska for about 500,000 years and presently occur throughout most of mainland Alaska, on Unimak Island in the Aleutians, and in most parts of southeastern Alaska.

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AUTHOR: Louise Tillin, BBC News Online

Conservationists working to save India's endangered blind river dolphins say there are encouraging signs that the population is starting to stabilize in some areas.

AUTHOR: Pamela Conley

I entered the shallow water tentatively and continued slowly to walk out until I was chest deep in the water. Surprise and shock surged through me, as I felt something hit my back propelling me at fast speed ten feet further in the water. I quickly straightened my snorkel and mask and looked up to see a huge grinning face coming straight at me.

AUTHOR: Susan Milius

A nerve-racking effort to attach cameras to marine mammals has shown how four species dive the impossible dive.

AUTHOR: Susan Milius

A nerve-racking effort to attach cameras to marine mammals has shown how four species dive the impossible dive.

AUTHOR: Susan Milius

A nerve-racking effort to attach cameras to marine mammals has shown how four species dive the impossible dive.

Source: Pigs, a Sanctuary

PIGS, a sanctuary, the country's premier sanctuary for miniature and potbellied pigs, has compiled a list of the pros and cons of keeping a pig as a pet.

The popular impotence drug Viagra may be reducing demand for traditional Chinese impotence remedies, many of which contain ground-up animal parts, researchers say. So Viagra may be helping to save world wildlife.

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It is the notion of our time that non-human animals exist for the advancement of the human species. In whatever field -- cookery, fashion, blood-sports -- it is held that we can only be concerned with animals as far as human interests exist. There may be some sympathy for those animals, as to limit practices which cause excruciating suffering, but those may only be limited if they are brought to public light, and if legislators receive enough pressure from the public to change.

Reports of a giant winged creature seen in Southwest Alaska in recent weeks have biolgists and residents puzzled.

AUTHOR: Guy Gugliotta, Washington Post Staff Writer

Scientists for the first time have managed to remotely direct the movements of rats by using implanted electrodes to control their behavior -- in effect transforming living animals into robots.