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Article: POSSIBLE GRAY WOLF FOUND DEAD NEAR WINONA, MINN.
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 2, 2006
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The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued the following press release:
Staff from the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge have recovered what appears to be a dead gray wolf near the refuge along Minnesota State Highway 61, three miles south of Winona, Minn. The dead animal was discovered by motorists and reported to refuge staff April 26. Investigators believe the animal was killed when it was struck by a vehicle on the highway.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Area Biologist Don Ramsden examined the animal and said the measurements and coloration of the animal indicates it is most likely a gray wolf. A canine tooth and ...