Stress, pneumonia revealed to have killed Isle Royale wolves

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Stress, pneumonia revealed to have killed Isle Royale wolves

Post by Koa » Thu May 16, 2019 5:06 pm

Necropsies detail deaths of 2 wolves in Isle Royale relocation effort
By Tanda Gmiter, April 8, 2019
MLIVE.COM

ISLE ROYALE, MI - Necropsy results have been released for two wolves that died after being part of the early phase of the National Park Service’s efforts to bring new wolves onto Michigan’s Isle Royale.

The medical findings for one wolf’s death were fairly clear-cut, while scientists working on the project believe they know what killed the other wolf, according to information released by the NPS recently.
Read the full article here: https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/04/necr ... ffort.html

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Re: Stress, pneumonia revealed to have killed Isle Royale wolves

Post by DaniBeez » Thu May 16, 2019 11:00 pm

Thanks, I was wondering what happened to the male who made it to the island after checking out the winter report.
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