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Woof! Montana museum exhibit looks at man’s best friend

[large thumbnail url="woof-montana-museum-exhibit-looks-at-mans-best-friend" filename="science" year="2010" month="09" day="24"] [thumbnail icon url="woof-montana-museum-exhibit-looks-at-mans-best-friend" filename="science" year="2010" month="09" day="24"] When he found out she owned two dogs, Bozeman Mayor Jeff Krauss says, he knew that Waded Cruzado would fit in as president at Montana State University.

“This is one crazy dog town,” Krauss joked at Cruzado’s inauguration this month.

Everyone who’s dog crazy is sure to be interested in the newest exhibit at the Museum of the Rockies.

“Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs,” opening Saturday, explains the history of dogs, their evolution, what makes them unique and how “man’s best friend” came to be.

There are 35 different species of wild dogs – including foxes, jackals and coyotes. But DNA studies show that all of today’s domestic dogs descend from just one canine species — the wild wolf…

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Dead wolf leads Montana FWP to look for a new pack

[large thumbnail url="dead-wolf-leads-montana-fwp-to-look-for-a-new-pack" filename="news" year="2010" month="09" day="14"] [thumbnail icon url="dead-wolf-leads-montana-fwp-to-look-for-a-new-pack" filename="news" year="2010" month="09" day="14"] The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is investigating whether wolves have established a pack in the Bridger Mountains after a dead wolf was found in the Brackett Creek area over the weekend.

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Defenders: Brutal plan for Northern Rockies wolves

[large thumbnail url="defenders-brutal-plan-for-northern-rockies-wolves" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="25"] [thumbnail icon url="defenders-brutal-plan-for-northern-rockies-wolves" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="25"] The Defenders of Wildlife is highlighting the USDA’s Wildlife Services’ plans to wipe out hundreds of wolves in the upper Rocky Mountains. The Endangered Species Act ruling doesn’t protect wolves from the organization originally responsible for exterminating all the wolves in the region in the 1940s.

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Straw poll in Montana shows a majority voted “no” to hunting

[large thumbnail url="straw-poll-in-montana-shows-a-majority-voted-no-to-hunting" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="17"] [thumbnail icon url="straw-poll-in-montana-shows-a-majority-voted-no-to-hunting" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="17"] A Montana TV station – KBZK – conducted a poll of it’s online readers and asked the question: should wolf hunting be restored?

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Idaho looking for ways to kill hundreds of wolves

[large thumbnail url="idaho-looking-for-ways-to-kill-hundreds-of-wolves" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="12"] [thumbnail icon url="idaho-looking-for-ways-to-kill-hundreds-of-wolves" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="12"] Despite the decision to return the Endangered Species Act protections to gray wolves, Idaho is still seeking ways to kill more than 300 of their wolves. A plan powered by politics, not science.

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Montana, Idaho scrambling in response to wolf relisting decision

[large thumbnail url="montana-idaho-scrambling-in-response-to-wolf-relisting-decision" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="10"] [thumbnail icon url="montana-idaho-scrambling-in-response-to-wolf-relisting-decision" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="10"] With Wyoming’s unreasonable wolf management plan now putting a halt to Montana and Idaho’s strategies, both states are now scrambling to find ways around the restrictions the ruling now puts on them.

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Federal Judge returns ESA protections to Montana and Idaho wolves

[large thumbnail url="federal-judge-returns-esa-protections-to-montana-and-idaho-wolves" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="05"] [thumbnail icon url="federal-judge-returns-esa-protections-to-montana-and-idaho-wolves" filename="news" year="2010" month="08" day="05"] The decision determined that it is contrary to the rules of the Endangered Species Act to give the wolves in Montana and Idaho different protections that those wolves that make their home in Wyoming, a state which is refusing to put together a wolf management plan which satisfies the minimum requirements of the Federal government.

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Montana FWP Commission meeting; wolf quota decision expected

[large thumbnail url="montana-fwp-commission-meeting-wolf-quota-decision-expected" filename="news" year="2010" month="07" day="08"] [thumbnail icon url="montana-fwp-commission-meeting-wolf-quota-decision-expected" filename="news" year="2010" month="07" day="08"] May 2010 saw the Montana FWP Commission narrow down and approve three different quotas for the 2010 wolf hunt – July 8, 2010 sees a meeting where the Commission is expected to announce which quota they plan to use.

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Public meetings held regarding proposed Montana wolf hunt plans

[large thumbnail url="public-meetings-held-regarding-proposed-montana-wolf-hunt-plans" filename="news" year="2010" month="06" day="07"] [thumbnail icon url="public-meetings-held-regarding-proposed-montana-wolf-hunt-plans" filename="news" year="2010" month="06" day="07"] There have been a number of meetings held around Montana regarding the proposed Montana wolf hunt plan which calls for the quote to be doubled or even tripled. The meetings served as rallying points for the increasingly active anti-wolf movement.

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