The Wonderful and Wild Wolves of Algonquin

Earth Ranger Raveena discovered Earth Rangers while looking online for ways to help protect wolves. A huge fan of canines, and wolves in particular, she was interested in doing something to raise awareness for this often misunderstood animal. “I first started liking animals because they were cute, but as I got older canines became my favourite animals. I started spending so much time with my dog and learning about other canines. That’s when I came across a documentary about wolves and decided to learn more about them.”

We’re so glad Raveena discovered Earth Rangers and is now helping to raise awareness for wolves through this fact-filled blog that she wrote for us. Take it away Raveena…

Did you know the gray wolf (Canis lupus) is the largest member in its family? Male gray wolves average about 100 pounds but can weigh up to 130 pounds. Gray wolves can run up to 60 km/h! They are extremely amazing creatures.

A wolf can survive on two and a half pounds of food per day, but each wolf needs an average of seven pounds of food each day to reproduce successfully. That means in order to feed a whole pack of six wolves they would need over 15,000 pounds of food each year. What an appetite!

Wolves are mostly known for their spine tingling howls! A cool fact is that wolves prefer to howl from elevated areas, to project their sound farther! They howl to communicate with other wolves. Click here to listen to wolves howling!

Other than hunting to eat, wolves are usually not aggressive. However, they will fight other animals and even wolves in other packs in order to protect their own pack and territory. I think this is why many people believe that wolves are violent and aggressive.

Right now humans are a bigger threat to them than they are to us. Forest habitat loss is also a major threat to wolves.

To find out more about wolves and help protect them start a Bring Back the Wild Campaign.