Welsh scientists join race to keep Ethiopian wolf from door to extinction.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: October 18, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By Robin Turner and Gareth Morgan Western Mail

A team of Welsh scientists is coming to the rescue of the last group of wolves in sub-saharan Africa. The beautiful, long-legged, bushy tailed Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) is the most endangered carnivore in the world with only around 500 left.

They live in packs in isolated highlands 10,000ft above sea level in northern and southern Ethiopia.

For many, the call of the wolf is the original ca...

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