Lone Wolf May Be Roaming Grand Canyon National Park
by Megan Gannon, News Editor | October 31, 2014 02:26pm ET
Representatives with the Center for Biological Diversity say this is a picture of the wolf that has been seen around the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Credit: Courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity
A wayward gray wolf has been spotted several times this month around the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, according to conservationists.
The wolf, which is wearing an inactive radio collar, could be the first of its species to roam Arizona in 70 years; gray wolves were exterminated from the state in the 1940s.
Federal authorities are investigating the sightings. Representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) said they are trying to confirm whether the animal is actually a wolf or a "wolf-dog hybrid" by collecting a feces sample.
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