atse,
Thanks for the dose of reality--especially the claim that the transplanted wolves are a different "subspecies" that is somehow more predatory.
As you no doubt know, the various "subspecies" of gray/timber/etc. wolves so often quoted were developed back when subspecies were declared due to minor differences in a few individual specimens. There is NO difference in the DNA of any of the gray/timber/etc. wolves in North America, or their way of making a living. All of them primarily live by killing big game (contrary to the myth promoted by Farley Mowat). None are more "bloodthirsty" than other so-called subspecies.
MD, I don't think anyone here has said that the "new" wolves were a different subspecies....or at least I have never seen where someone on here has said that.
They've always been described as different clines of the same species, like brown and grizzly bears, though I have no idea if brown and griz have different DNA. Do Alberta Whitetails have any difference in their DNA than south Texas Whitetails?
I'm not trying to be a smart ass: I honestly don't know.
