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Experts warn hybrid predators are attacking people and livestock and are now a major threat

In the spring of 2023, a livestock farmer in central Italy lost several sheep in a single night to an animal that local wildlife officers initially logged as a wolf. Genetic testing told a different ...
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Nearly Half of Italy’s Wolves Are Part Dog Now, Thanks to Hybridization. Is That a Threat to the Species?

Wolf-dog hybrids are growing far more common in Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the wolves Gennaro Tomma, bioGraphic About 47 percent of wolves in Italy are considered wolf-dog ...
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Experts warn hybrid predators are now attacking people and livestock — and populations are growing faster than agencies can track

In April 2026, a sheep rancher outside Reserve, New Mexico, found three ewes dead in a single night, their carcasses torn apart in a pattern that looked like wolf predation but did not quite match. A ...