As many as 750,000 wolves once roamed North America. Native American tribes admired the wolf for its endurance, intelligence, and skill in hunting. Wolves live in packs of 8 to 20, and are highly intelligent and socially evolved. By preying on weak, diseased, and injured animals, wolves enhance the overall strength of moose, caribou, and deer populations. Despite their important ecological role, and posing no threat to humans, wolves have been hunted nearly to extinction. Today in the U.S., the haunting melody of a howling wolf pack is heard in only a handful of states.
People love the friendliness and loyalty of their dogs.
Every single dog in the world is descended from wolves that were tamed in the Middle East about 12,000 years ago. In those ancient times, wolves probably became dependent on the scraps left by wandering bands of human hunters. People soon realized that wolves could lead them to prey and warn them whenever danger was near. By raising some wolf pups by hand, humans taught the wolves to accept them as leaders. All the traits people admire in dogs are found in wolves.
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