Wolf

Question 1

Social life

Answer 1

4-40 in the pack. Dominant male and female, offspring and aunts and uncles. 2 month gestation 4-6 cubs, April/may. Life span 5-6 years

Question 2

Mythology

Answer 2

Norse mythology-evil, greedy, trickster
Bible-symbolise the sinful side of man
Cunning, deceitful
Natzi cult saw themselves as wolves

Question 3

Hunting

Answer 3

Wolves trapped and hunted since ancient times for their attacks on humans and livestock and in Middle Ages feared to carry rabies

Question 4

Mid 11th century 3 things cause extinction

Answer 4

1. Development of dear management, after Norman conquest deer parks became popular to keep deer for venison, introduction of fallow deer
2. Sheep numbers increased as the wool production grew. They were kept in huts at night and guarded by day
3. population increased and waste land that wolves lived on was taken for houses

Question 5

1394

Answer 5

Last wolf in England

Question 6

Why not introduce

Answer 6

Schemes have been proposed but public opinion is the problem and concerns about livestock

Question 7

Background on wolf canis lipus

Answer 7

4 separate domestication events earliest 9-10000bp early dogs bred freely and associated with humans for food only. Their sociability and ability to imprint on dominant animal probably aided in domestication. Generalist hunters and opportunists